About the day » Tuesday January 17, 1933Calender converter

• Caroline Rotthier, Sint-Niklaas († 1985)
• Bernardus Marinus van Velzen, Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Hendrik Tot, Vlieland († 2001)
• Hans Vlaanderen, Bussum, 1404, Nederland († 2012)
• Gerritje Schildknegt, 's-Gravenhage († 1979)
• Cecilia A.F (Cilia) Sengers, Wamel, Nederland († 2008)
• Catharina Johanna Maria Lambrechts, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2022)
• Franciscus Adrianus Antonius Klis, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2011)
• Donald James Kittrell <K?USS-SSDI>, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 1999)
• Anna Geertruida VAN DER POST, Alkmaar († 1997)

• Adam Pieter WEEKHOUT (26), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adam Pieter WEEKHOUT (26), Dordrecht
• Evert Everts (62), Utrecht
• Antonius Nelen (67), Sas van Gent
• Agnes BOUTEN (57), Tegelen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Antje Smit (64), Renville County, Minnesota
• Adriana Vermaak (84), 's-Gravenhage
• Adriaantje Meijer (56), Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Hanson (32), Holden, Goodhue, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Arendje van der ZWAN (83), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)

• 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)
• 1934 » Donald Cammell, Scottish-American director and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1935 » Ruth Ann Minner, American businesswoman and politician, 72nd Governor of Delaware
• 1936 » John Boyd, English academic and diplomat, British ambassador to Japan

• 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. 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. Jacoba
13. Aaltje
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.
• February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the Blaine Act to repeal federal Prohibition in the United States, sending the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution to state ratifying conventions for approval.
• February 27 » Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire; Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility.
• May 8 » Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast of self-purification and launched a one-year campaign to help the Harijan movement.
• May 15 » All military aviation organizations within or under the control of the RLM of Germany were officially merged in a covert manner to form its Wehrmacht military's air arm, the Luftwaffe.
• August 14 » Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn; it is not fully extinguished until September 5, after destroying 240,000 acres (970km).
• October 17 » Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.

The temperature on January 17, 1933 was between -4.8 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.