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• Alexander Hubertus Wolkenfelt, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1964)
• Anna Ruth POPPEN, Grand Rapids Kent County Michigan U.S.A († 2006)
• Adrianus Johannes Cornelis de Bree, Tilburg († 1991)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Schobben, Rotterdam († 2003)
• Anthonie Baars († 1991)
• verver, chicago, cook, ill
• Albert van Mackelenbergh, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1989)
• Anna Pinkster, Midwolda († 2016)
• arie ravensbergen, Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Allard Boissevain, Klaten (Midden-Java) († 1967)

• Aagje Verheij (80), Rotterdam
• Annechien Westerbrink (78), Groningen
• Anna Maria Josephe BRAUNS (70), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Antje Keijzer (63), Wieringen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andre Jozeph Roland (66), Rotterdam
• Anna Balk (79), Aduard, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Brans (49), Delft
• Anna Maria Maes (46), Oorderen
• Angèle Alphonsine FRESNAIS
• Abraham Johannis van der Male (80), Sint Philipsland, Zeeland, Nederland

• 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)
• 1924 » Margaret Truman, American singer and author († 2008)
• 1925 » Hal Holbrook, American actor and director
• 1925 » Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor († 2003)

• 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. 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 5 » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
• March 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
• April 1 » The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
• April 15 » Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
• May 10 » J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
• September 9 » Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.

The temperature on February 17, 1924 was between -7.6 °C and 2.1 °C and averaged -3.8 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.