About the day » Thursday January 17, 1929Calender converter

• Dick-, Hoogkerk, Nederland († 1929)
• Kruijssen, Tilburg († 1929)
• Adrianus Groenendijk, Heinenoord, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1980)
• Donna Elizabeth Lenning, Butterworth Hospital, Kent, Michigan, United States († 2018)
• Antonie Buckinx, Genk († 1973)
• Ellen Francis Tirrel, George, Lyon County, Iowa († 2017)
• Bertha Dokter, Ameland, Friesland, Nederland († 2009)
• Ellen Frances Tirrel, George, Lyon Co., IA († 2017)
• Alice Vaudine Hildreth, Kennedy Lamar Co Ala († 1999)
• Elizabeth Bender, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten († 2004)

• Adriana Catharina van den Broek (77), Schiedam, Nederland
• Anthon Johannes Jacobus van Dijk (67), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Harmanna van Essen (80), Monroe, Turner Co., SD
• Arnoldus Hubertus Spiritus (66), Wilderen, België
• Kruijssen (0), Tilburg
• Dick- (0), Hoogkerk, Nederland
• Arie Johannes de Groot (82), Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Andrew Nicolas Wolf (63)
• Anna van Essen (81), Turner County, South Dakota
• Andries Ates Sjollema (76), Franeker, Friesland, Nederland

• 1927 » E. W. Swackhamer, American director and producer († 1994)
• 1927 » Eartha Kitt, American actress and singer († 2008)
• 1927 » Harlan Mathews, American lawyer and politician († 2014)
• 1927 » Thomas Anthony Dooley III, American physician and humanitarian († 1961)
• 1928 » Jean Barraqué, French composer († 1973)
• 1928 » Vidal Sassoon, English-American hairdresser and businessman († 2012)
• 1929 » Jacques Plante, Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster († 1986)
• 1929 » Tan Boon Teik, Malaysian-Singaporean lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of Singapore († 2012)
• 1931 » Douglas Wilder, American sergeant and politician, 66th Governor of Virginia
• 1931 » James Earl Jones, American actor

• 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)
• 1942 » Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Pyotr Krasnov, Russian historian and general (b. 1869)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
15. Margaretha
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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
• January 17 » Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
• May 15 » A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
• May 16 » In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.
• September 7 » Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.
• October 29 » The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.
• November 7 » In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.

The temperature on January 17, 1929 was between -7.1 °C and 1.0 °C and averaged -2.1 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.