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• Andries Simon Roubos († 2012)
• A .P. Meijer († 1989)
• Adriana Hendrika LENSINK, Hilversum († 1990)
• Anna Sophia Barbas, Salatiga, Indonesie († 2006)
• Antonius Laurentius Theunis, Sint Maarten, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Cornelis Robbertsen, Ede († 1984)
• Anthonie Gerrit Jan de Jongh († 2007)
• Arie Gijsbrecht Willem Wesdorp, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Albert Pieter Meijer († 1989)
• Anna Maria van den Bosch, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2016)

• Cornelia Helena Bentvelzen (70), Voorburg,-
• Bernardus Wilhelmus de Graaff (67), Haarlem
• Antonius Baeten (76), Alphen en Riel, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Bernardus Reiff (13), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Kleuver (83), Huizen, prov. Noord Holland
• Annigje de Hon (73), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bartholomeus Weeda (26), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan de Deugd (70), Terheijden
• Cornelis Johannes Thie (56), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Clara Asselin (36), St-Polycarpe, Soulanges, Qu©bec

• 1921 » George Mackay Brown, Scottish author, poet, and playwright († 1996)
• 1921 » Priscilla Buckley, American journalist and author († 2012)
• 1922 » Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer († 2001)
• 1922 » Pierre Juneau, Canadian broadcaster and politician, co-founded the Montreal World Film Festival († 2012)
• 1923 » Barney Kessel, American guitarist and composer († 2004)
• 1923 » Charles McClendon, American football player and coach († 2001)
• 1924 » Anton Geiser, Croatian SS officer († 2012)
• 1924 » Don Coryell, American football player and coach († 2010)
• 1924 » Giacomo Mari, Italian football midfielder († 1991)
• 1924 » Rolando Panerai, Italian baritone

• 1893 » Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)
• 1910 » Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
• 1918 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
• 1928 » Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1937 » J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (b. 1854)
• 1948 » Royal Cortissoz, American art critic (b. 1869)
• 1955 » Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician (b. 1873)
• 1956 » Anne Crawford, Israeli-English actress (b. 1920)

• 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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
• February 15 » Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
• June 27 » Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH.4B biplane.
• July 24 » The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.
• August 18 » First British Track and Field championships for women, London.
• September 7 » The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.
• November 9 » In Munich, Germany, police and government troops crush the Beer Hall Putsch in Bavaria. The failed coup is the work of the Nazis.

The temperature on October 17, 1923 was between 3.3 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.