About the day » Sunday January 17, 1943Calender converter

• Jean Louis GAZONNOIS, Saint-Augustin (FRA) († 2012)
• Huub Keijenberg, Epen († 1996)
• Agnes Schipper, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2022)
• Luciënne Maria Johanna Frey, 's Gravenhage († 2009)
• Elida Trejo, San Antonio, Texas († 1943)
• Arend Boertien († 2023)
• Luciënne Maria Johanna Freij, 's-Gravenhage († 2009)
• Henk Wiecherink († 2000)
• Johanna Lena van Prooijen († 1978)
• Jacobus Johannes Drenth, Kampen († 2011)

• adrianus paris (72), doorn
• Antje Bakker (76), Berkhout
• Alphonsus BAETEN (71), Genk (Limburg) (B)
• Anna Elisabeth van der Plaats (69), Ede, Veluwe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Kleijn (66), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Aaltje Noppers (53), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alice Zeeryp (54), Union Grove (Whiteside, Illinois, USA)
• Alice Moore (73), Bedford, Monroe, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Alphonsus Baeten (71), Genk
• Anna Maria Knoors (83), Susteren, Limburg, Netherlands

• 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
• 1943 » Chris Montez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 » René Préval, Haitian agronomist and politician, 52nd President of Haiti († 2017)
• 1944 » Ann Oakley, English sociologist, author, and academic
• 1945 » Anne Cutler, Australian psychologist and academic
• 1945 » Javed Akhtar, Indian poet, playwright, and composer

• 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)
• 1952 » Walter Briggs Sr., American businessman (b. 1877)

• 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 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 9.1 million citizens.
• February 9 » World War II: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal.
• April 13 » The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth.
• May 22 » Joseph Stalin disbands the Comintern.
• June 4 » A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.
• November 3 » World War II: Five hundred aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshaven harbor in Germany.
• November 29 » World War II: The second session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ), held to determine the post-war ordering of the country, concludes in Jajce (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina).

The temperature on January 17, 1943 was between -0.5 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.