About the day » Monday January 17, 1944Calender converter

• Lambert Jan Centen, Hardenberg († 1944)
• Harm Sterken, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2013)
• Gerry Dubbelaar, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Maria Stuijts, Bergen op Zoom († 2011)
• J. W. Brouwers, Zutphen, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Jan Vos, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1944)
• NN Van Weeren, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• José Robben, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)
• NN Vos, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Jan Vos, Emmen,Drenthe,Netherlands († 1944)

• Bernadina Landrada Elisabeth Sliepenbeek (76), Beek (Ge), Gelderland, Nederland
• Arnolda Commerina van der Rest (73), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arie Spek (69), Zevenhuizen
• Catharina Glimmerveen (77), Rotterdam, Gemeente Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anthony Sartorius (83), Metz, Vernon County, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• ADRIANUS SMIT (19), OOSTFRONT
• Butler R. Smith (76), Pickens County, South Carolina
• Annegien Lammerts (77), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius (3) Dekkers (45), Breda
• Anna KROON (63), Rotterdam

• 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.
• April 28 » World War II: Nine German E-boats attacked US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946.
• June 26 » World War II: The Battle of Osuchy in Osuchy, Poland, one of the largest battles between Nazi Germany and Polish resistance forces, ends with the defeat of the latter.
• July 22 » The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland.
• September 11 » World War II: The Western Allied invasion of Germany begins near the city of Aachen.
• October 25 » Second World War: Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich.
• November 26 » World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium.

The temperature on January 17, 1944 was between -0.5 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.