About the day » Thursday January 17, 1924Calender converter

• Alida Johanna van Rossum, Andijk († 2014)
• Anna Geertruida Abelen, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 2023)
• Denyse Thérèse Elisabeth Marie Ghislaine de Hemptinne, Brussel (BE) († 2011)
• Arris Teunisz van Duijvenbode, Katwijk († 1945)
• Doris Jane Leonard, Bristol, Sullivan, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Albert Kamphuis, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1943)
• Bertha Maria Van de Velde, Dikkelvenne († 1995)
• Dirkje Dubbelman, Den Haag, Nederland († 1968)
• Betty Leishman, Utah († 2017)
• Anna Cornelia Margaretha Segaar, Leiden († 2016)

• Adriana Oostveen (81), Rotterdam
• van Anrooij (0), Streefkerk
• Abraham Johannis van der Male (79), Sint-Philipsland
• Aaltje de Roo (77), Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aagje van Eijk (58), Harmelen, Nederland
• Alida de Cruijff (53), Utrecht
• Adrianus Johannes Evers (37), Breda
• Adriana de Nijs (64), Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL
• Aaltje Adriana van Spierenburg (62), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Achiel Vergauwen (4), Temse

• 1922 » Betty White, American actress, game show panelist, television personality, and animal rights activist
• 1922 » Luis Echeverría, Mexican academic and politician, 50th President of Mexico
• 1922 » Nicholas Katzenbach, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 65th United States Attorney General († 2012)
• 1923 » Rangeya Raghav, Indian author and playwright († 1962)
• 1924 » Jewel Plummer Cobb, American biologist, cancer researcher, and academic († 2017)
• 1924 » Rik De Saedeleer, Belgian footballer and journalist († 2013)
• 1925 » Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Pakistani cricketer and author († 1996)
• 1925 » Gunnar Birkerts, Latvian-American architect († 2017)
• 1925 » Robert Cormier, American author and journalist († 2000)
• 1926 » Newton N. Minow, American lawyer and politician

• 1908 » Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1835)
• 1909 » Francis Smith, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819)
• 1911 » Francis Galton, English polymath, anthropologist, and geographer (b. 1822)
• 1927 » Juliette Gordon Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA (b. 1860)
• 1930 » Gauhar Jaan, One of the first performers to record music on 78 rpm records in India. (b. 1873)
• 1931 » Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Ahmet Derviş, Turkish general (b. 1881)
• 1932 » Albert Jacka, Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1893)
• 1933 » Louis Comfort Tiffany, American stained glass artist (b. 1848)
• 1936 » Mateiu Caragiale, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1885)

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

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

• 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 7.2 million citizens.
• February 1 » Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
• February 5 » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
• June 2 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
• October 7 » Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
• November 23 » Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.
• December 1 » The National Hockey League's first United States-based franchise, the Boston Bruins, played their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant Boston Arena indoor hockey facility.

The temperature on January 17, 1924 was between -8.4 °C and -3.3 °C and averaged -6.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.