About the day » Monday January 17, 1944Calender converter

• Robert Stavast, Haarlem,2000,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Lambert Jan Centen, Hardenberg († 1944)
• Arendje Aandewiel, Katwijk († 2023)
• Alida Catharina Elisabeth Tophoff, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• N.N. Steenvoorden, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)
• Thames Koning, Volendam († 2020)
• Meinto Oosterhuis, Beerta, Groningen, Nederland († 1944)
• Jacob Spin, Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland († 2010)
• Geesje Knollema, Harkstede, Midden-Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1994)
• Harm Sterken, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2013)

• Vos (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• ANNECHIEN WOLTERS (67), AMSTERDAM
• Arnolda Commerina van der Rest (73), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonie Steenbergen (63), Deventer
• Antje Kooijstra (81), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Catharina van BREDERODE (89), Assen
• Arie Spek (69), Zevenhuizen
• Agnes REINTJENS (70), Gronsveld
• Antonius (3) Dekkers (45), Breda
• Baafje Schipper (57), Berkhout, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 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)

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

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

• 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 22 » World War II: American aircraft mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.
• March 5 » World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman–Botoșani Offensive in the western Ukrainian SSR.
• 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.
• December 3 » Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in Athens between the ELAS and government forces supported by the British Army.
• December 18 » World War II: Seventy-seven B-29 Superfortress and 200 other aircraft of U.S. Fourteenth Air Force bomb Hankow, China, a Japanese supply base.
• December 28 » Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of NHL ice hockey.

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.