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• Antonius Christianus Zwetsloot, Voorhout († 2018)
• Casper Voerman, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2010)
• Cornelis Eduardus Willemsen, Zundert († 2008)
• Emile JAGENEAU, Tongeren († 1999)
• Antonius Martinus Lohues, Schuinesloot († 1961)
• Emiel Botes van der Werf, Heerlen († 1979)
• Donald Lee Zinn <sKBsPq>2, Verona, Barry County, Missouri († 1962)
• Cornelis Eduardus Willemsen, Zundert
• Carlos Berkein, Roeselare (België) († 1998)
• Adrianus van Snipperberg, Oosterland († 2006)

• Catharina Maria Bekker (70), Doesburg
• Aletta Anthonia van Beusekom (39), Utrecht, Netherlands
• Bernardus Johannes Oosterbroek (56), Losser (de Lutte)
• Adrianus Cornelis Wammes (87), Vianen, Vijfheerenlanden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Sipkes Wielinga (60), Bergum, Friesland, Nederland
• Alfons Floren (ex Van Sluys) (68), Hoogstraten, België
• Belamina Jacoba Septer (80), Utrecht
• Antonia van Sonsbeek (74), Dreumel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Caroline Anna Victoria Carpenter (65), Gaston County, North Carolina
• Bartel Geleijnse (77), Vlaardingen

• 1930 » James Irwin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut († 1991)
• 1930 » Paul Horn, American-Canadian flute player and saxophonist († 2014)
• 1931 » David Peakall, English-American chemist and toxicologist († 2001)
• 1931 » Patricia Breslin, American actress († 2011)
• 1933 » Myrlie Evers-Williams, American journalist and activist
• 1933 » Penelope Lively, English author
• 1935 » Adam Wade, American singer, drummer, and actor
• 1935 » Fred T. Mackenzie, American biologist and academic
• 1936 » Ida Kleijnen, Dutch chef († 2019)
• 1936 » Ladislav Kupkovič, Slovakian composer and conductor († 2016)

• 1917 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)
• 1926 » Aleksei Brusilov, Georgian-Russian general (b. 1853)
• 1937 » Austen Chamberlain, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist (b. 1854)
• 1946 » Dai Li, Chinese general (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Aleksandra Ekster, Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Fred Allen, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and author (b. 1894)
• 1956 » Irène Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1957 » Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (b. 1907)
• 1958 » John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (b. 1870)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Petronella
10. Hendrika
11. Geertruida
12. Aaltje
13. Jacoba
14. Grietje
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 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
• March 22 » Cullen–Harrison Act: President Franklin Roosevelt signs an amendment to the Volstead Act, legalizing the manufacture and sale of "3.2 beer" (3.2% alcohol by weight, approximately 4% alcohol by volume) and light wines.
• September 21 » Salvador Lutteroth establishes Mexican professional wrestling.
• October 10 » A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.
• October 12 » The military Alcatraz Citadel becomes the civilian Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.
• December 5 » The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
• December 17 » The first NFL Championship Game is played. The game was at Wrigley Field between the New York Giants and Chicago Bears. The Bears won 23–21.

The temperature on March 17, 1933 was between 6.3 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.