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• Edward Harry "Butch" Buddemeyer († 2005)
• Deanna Ardenella van Vliet, Los Angeles California, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Catherina Elizabeth Hoogerwerf, Rotterdam († 2000)
• Johannes Jacobus Bontenbal, Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Heinz Tiedemann († 2007)
• Larry William Lang († 2006)
• Jacoba Catharina Wilhelmina Alida (Coby) Exmann, amsterdam, Nederland († 2002)
• Julius Bernhard Vos, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2013)
• Jennie Lokers
• James William (Jim) van Asselt, Grant, Newaygo County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2021)

• Adriaan LEBRET (73), Utrecht
• * Anna Maria Marks (78), Hagestein
• Albert Prill Sr (55)
• Adriaantje Hendrika van der Ham (82), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan Vlaar (61), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Aart van HERREVELD (65), haaften
• Aaltje Pronk (87), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Hendrika Eenig (75), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Hendriks Vermeer (85), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Adolf De Wolf (59), Haarlem

• 1939 » Christodoulos of Athens, Greek archbishop († 2008)
• 1939 » Maury Povich, American talk show host and producer
• 1940 » Kipchoge Keino, Kenyan athlete
• 1940 » Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Egyptian-Armenian patriarch († 2015)
• 1940 » Tabaré Vázquez, Uruguayan physician and politician, 39th President of Uruguay
• 1941 » István Horthy, Jr., Hungarian physicist and architect
• 1942 » Ita Buttrose, Australian journalist and author
• 1942 » Muhammad Ali, American boxer and activist († 2016)
• 1942 » Nigel McCulloch, English bishop
• 1942 » Ulf Hoelscher, German violinist and educator

• 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)
• 1951 » Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, Indian poet, playwright, and director (b. 1903)

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

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

• 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 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
• April 6 » World War II: Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Operation Marita (the invasion of Greece).
• May 12 » Konrad Zuse presents the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer, in Berlin.
• May 20 » World War II: Battle of Crete: German paratroops invade Crete.
• August 31 » World War II: Serbian paramilitary forces defeat Germans in the Battle of Loznica.
• October 31 » World War II: The destroyer USSReuben James is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 U.S. Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII.
• December 5 » World War II: In the Battle of Moscow, Georgy Zhukov launches a massive Soviet counter-attack against the German army.

The temperature on January 17, 1941 was between -10.4 °C and -1.2 °C and averaged -5.6 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.