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• Adrianus Antonius(Aad) van der Zalm, Noordwijk
• ? van het Kaar († 1932)
• Elisabeth Hoogetooren, Amsterdam († 1943)
• Edmund BEER, Surabaya († 1989)
• Elisabeth Hoogetooren, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1943)
• Cornelia van den Berg, Monster († 2013)
• Eliza ( lies Ernst) Sies, Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland († 1972)
• Albert Hendrik Pieter Kikkert, Den Haag († 1971)
• Adrie Koppejan († 1994)
• Daniël Bender, Nieuwland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)

• Arie Oudshoorn (47), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
• Antje Johannes Osinga (92), Heerenveen, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Johannes Osinga (92), Heerenveen
• Anna Martina Bekkens (83), Sluis, ZL
• Arendje te Velde (75), Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonia van de Wiel (67), Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Wilhelmus KRIESZ (38), Delft/Rotterdam
• Anna Martina Bekkens (83), Sluis
• Adriaan Kornelis Petrus Wilhelmus AARTS (32), Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Oss (87), Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1928 » Jean Barraqué, French composer († 1973)
• 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 » Don Zimmer, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 2014)
• 1931 » Douglas Wilder, American sergeant and politician, 66th Governor of Virginia
• 1931 » James Earl Jones, American actor
• 1932 » Sheree North, American actress and dancer († 2005)
• 1933 » Dalida, Egyptian-French singer and actress († 1987)
• 1933 » Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, French-Pakistani diplomat, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees († 2003)
• 1933 » Shari Lewis, American actress, puppeteer/ventriloquist, and television host († 1998)

• 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 » Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, Canadian cardinal (b. 1883)
• 1947 » Pyotr Krasnov, Russian historian and general (b. 1869)

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

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

• 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 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 7.9 million citizens.
• January 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
• March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
• July 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
• October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
• December 5 » Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was destroyed on orders from Joseph Stalin.
• December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.

The temperature on January 17, 1931 was between 2.7 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.