About the day » Thursday February 17, 1921Calender converter

• Antje Snippe, Zwartemeer, Emmen († 2007)
• van Rooij, Oudenbosch († 1921)
• Abraham Johannes Stikkelorum, Leiden
• Anna Johanna Beentjes, Heemskerk († 2008)
• Albertus Johan Bello, Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2003)
• Helder († 1921)
• Adrianus Marinus van der Heijden, Hedikhuizen († 2005)
• Anne (Annie) Stykel, Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1994)
• Anna Cornelia Ooijen († 2014)
• Adriana van Middelkoop, Alblasserdam († 2005)

• Arie REIJERKERK (28), Puttershoek
• Arie Jacobus Prins (1), Dordrecht
• Alle Jelles Wagenaar (79), Oudega
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• Alle Wagenaar (79), Smallingerland (Oudega), Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Verbeek (79), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes John (2), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Carolina Huberdina Zernitz (41), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertje van Eck (79), Delft, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carolina Huberdina Zernitz (41), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1919 » J. M. S. Careless, Canadian historian and academic († 2009)
• 1919 » Joe Hunt, American tennis player († 1945)
• 1919 » Kathleen Freeman, American actress and singer († 2001)
• 1920 » Annie Castor, American disability and communication disorder advocate († 2020)
• 1920 » Curt Swan, American soldier and illustrator († 1996)
• 1920 » Ivo Caprino, Norwegian director and screenwriter († 2001)
• 1921 » Duane Gish, American biochemist and academic († 2013)
• 1922 » Tommy Edwards, American R&B singer-songwriter († 1969)
• 1923 » Buddy DeFranco, American clarinet player and bandleader († 2014)
• 1923 » John M. Allegro, English archaeologist and scholar († 1988)

• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1934 » Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
• 1934 » Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (b. 1859)
• 1946 » Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer (b. 1889)
• 1961 » Lütfi Kırdar, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1887)

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

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

• 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
• January 16 » The Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa.
• February 21 » Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.
• February 22 » After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drive the Chinese out, the Bogd Khan is reinstalled as the emperor of Mongolia.
• March 6 » Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International.
• March 24 » The 1921 Women's Olympiad begins in Monte Carlo, first international women's sports event.
• June 20 » Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a four-month strike.

The temperature on February 17, 1921 was between -2.0 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.