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• Johannes Hendrik Potgieter, Ventersburg Oranje vrijstaat Zuid Afrika († 1992)
• Jo Felten, Beesel († 2008)
• Julius Bernhard Vos, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2013)
• Johanna Petronella Maria de Groot, Tilburg († 1941)
• Anna Johanna Tamme van Apeldoorn († 1941)
• Jean-Noël Serre, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France († 2009)
• James William (Jim) van Asselt, Grant, Newaygo County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2021)
• Barbara June Boys, Palmerston North, New Zealand († 2012)
• Anne Marinus Bessels, Apeldoorn († 1941)
• Ida Maria Kanters, Zevenbergen († 1944)

• Adriana Brabers (80), Hoeven (Halderberge) (Noord-Brabant)
• Albert Ede van Zwol (60), Amersfoort
• * Johannes van Kekeris (81), Schoonhoven
• Albert Barteles van Dijk (92), Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• An Visser (67), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan LEBRET (73), Utrecht
• Alex ten Brink (71), Almelo,Gemeente Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Agnes Schulte (61), Beek en Donk
• Adriaantje Hendrika van der Ham (82), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Swierenga (77), Noordwijk (Marum)

• 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. Catharina
10. Petronella
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.
• February 23 » Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.
• July 7 » The US occupation of Iceland replaces the UK's occupation.
• September 20 » The Holocaust in Lithuania: Lithuanian Nazis and local police murder 403 Jews in Nemenčinė.
• October 30 » President Roosevelt approves $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.
• December 8 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be "a date which will live in infamy", after which the U.S. declares war on Japan.
• December 19 » World War II: Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Oberkommando des Heeres.

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.