About the day » Wednesday January 24, 1917Calender converter

• Bernardus SCHOLTEN, Douglas, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• Klok, Vierpolders († 1917)
• Naamloos, Rauwerderhem
• Alice Emily Lillian CRAGG (RYAN) († 2005)
• Adriana van de Klundert, Standdaarbuiten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1917)
• Adelheid Meyer, Hebelermeer, Twist, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 2008)
• Adrianus Johannes van Kessel, Zaltbommel († 1977)
• Charles Steging, Aurora IL († 1923)
• Alphonsus Johannes PAS, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Augustinus Joannes Ludovicus Nuyts, Deurne († 1918)

• Adriana Francke (32), Serooskerke (Veere)
• Albert Hekkelman (82), Gorssel
• Abraham Goedbloed (79), Vrouwenpolder, Zeeland, NL
• Anna Eleonora Frederikke Elisabeth HOLCK-WINTERFELDT (75), Copenhagen Denmark
• Abraham Van Roekel (59), Boyden, Sioux County, Iowa
• Antje BOSMA (68), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands
• arie BUTTER (64), nieuw-beijerland
• Agenies van Ekelen (66), Amersfoort
• Angenies van Ekelen (66), Amersfoort
• Klok (0), Vierpolders

• 1915 » Robert Motherwell, American painter and academic († 1991)
• 1915 » Vítězslava Kaprálová, Czech composer and conductor († 1940)
• 1916 » Gene Mako, Hungarian-American tennis player and actor († 2013)
• 1916 » Rafael Caldera, Venezuelan lawyer and politician, 65th President of Venezuela († 2009)
• 1917 » Ernest Borgnine, American actor († 2012)
• 1917 » Wilhelmus Demarteau, Dutch prelate of the Roman Catholic Church († 2012)
• 1918 » Gottfried von Einem, Austrian pianist and composer († 1996)
• 1918 » Oral Roberts, American evangelist, founded Oral Roberts University and Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association († 2009)
• 1919 » Coleman Francis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1973)
• 1919 » Leon Kirchner, American composer and educator († 2009)

• 1877 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
• 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
• 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
• 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
• 1943 » John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
• 1960 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
• April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
• April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
• May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
• July 17 » King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
• October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
• December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.

The temperature on January 24, 1917 was between -5.3 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -2.3 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.