About the day » Thursday January 4, 1917Calender converter

• Albert Jan Makkinga, Ommen († 1991)
• Celia Maria van Maren, Rotterdam († 1995)
• Antje Wijker, Egmond aan Zee († 1996)
• Camillus Aloysius SUY, Koewacht († 1987)
• Alberta Logtenberg, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1917)
• Ligtvoet, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna van Hellemond, Ekeren († 2004)
• Adriana (Sjaan) de Kaper, Schiedam († 1993)
• Anna Schachtschabel, amsterdam, Nederland († 1969)
• Andries van der MEULEN, Leeuwarden, 752, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland († 2009)

• Adam Staab (83), Bronx, Bronx, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Antje~Kdr Bak (60), Broek op L'dijk
• Anna Josina van Apeldoorn (83), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Jan Kerseboom (0), Brummen
• Arie Nederpelt (79), ,, Monster, Nederland
• Anne Appel (8), Amsterdam
• Bernard Heinrich Ludden (0), Wesuwe, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Abraham Bom (79), Den Bommel (Gem. Oostflakkee), Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Anna Alijda Mom (43), Nijmegen
• Antje Hessels de Jong (82), Lemmer

• 1905 » Sterling Holloway, American actor († 1992)
• 1913 » Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler († 2007)
• 1916 » Lionel Newman, American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1916 » Robert Parrish, American actor and director († 1995)
• 1920 » William Colby, American intelligence officer, 10th Director of Central Intelligence († 1996)
• 1924 » Marianne Werner, German shot putter
• 1925 » Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier and technician († 2003)
• 1927 » Barbara Rush, American actress
• 1927 » Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist († 2013)
• 1929 » Günter Schabowski, German journalist and politician († 2015)

• 1904 » Anna Winlock, American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1910 » Léon Delagrange, French pilot and sculptor (b. 1873)
• 1912 » Clarence Dutton, American geologist and soldier (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1924 » Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Nellie Cashman, American nurse, restaurateur, entrepreneur, and gold prospector (b. 1845)
• 1927 » Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet and civil servant (b. 1870)
• 1931 » Art Acord, American actor and stuntman (b. 1890)
• 1931 » Louise, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Albert
13. Gerardus
14. Dirk
15. Wilhelmus
16. Arie

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Grietje
15. Helena
16. Trijntje

• 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.
• February 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
• March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
• March 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
• May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
• June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
• December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.

The temperature on January 4, 1917 was between 4.0 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.