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• Gerardus Joannes Erken, Oud-Beijerland
• King Trimble Skinner († 1992)
• Lynn Alvin Hoover, Wisconsin († 1991)
• Harm van der Paard, Finsterwolde (NL) († 1988)
• Lambertus Oost († 2016)
• Klaas Peter de Wit, Ede (GL) († 2021)
• Firmin De Muynck († 1981)
• Jannetje Wilhelmina Woudenberg, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Geuchien (Geu) Eising, Borger Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland († 2023)
• Ary Dirk de Bruijn, Maassluis († 1963)

• Aartje van den Dool (66), 's-Heeraartsberg en Bergambacht
• Adriana Clasina Martha (29), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana de Smit (56), Vlissingen
• Adriaan Abraham Marinus Cornelis Meijler (22), Ede (Gld), Nederland
• "EDUARDUS" JOSEPHUS MARIA STRYBOL (73), SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Adriana Korthals (83), Haarlemmermeer
• Aaltje Kleijer (43), Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adriana Clasina Martha, Klundert, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands
• Adriana van Loon (82), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Verhagen (74), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1942 » Des Lynam, Irish-English journalist and author
• 1942 » Lupe Ontiveros, American actress († 2012)
• 1942 » Robert Graysmith, American author and illustrator
• 1944 » Jean Taylor, American mathematician and academic
• 1944 » Les Emmerson, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 » Reinhold Messner, Italian mountaineer and explorer
• 1945 » Bhakti Charu Swami, Indian religious leader
• 1945 » David Emerson, Canadian economist and politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Canada
• 1945 » Phil Jackson, American basketball player and coach
• 1946 » Billy Bonds, English footballer and manager

• 1933 » Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary (b. 1877)
• 1936 » Ettie Annie Rout, New Zealand author and activist (b. 1877)
• 1937 » Walter Dubislav, German logician and philosopher of science, Vienna circle member (b. 1895)
• 1938 » Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author (b. 1901)
• 1943 » Friedrich Zickwolff, German general (b. 1893)
• 1948 » Folke Bernadotte, Swedish soldier and diplomat (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Jimmy Yancey, American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1953 » David Munson, American runner (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Hans Feige, German general (Wehrmacht) (b. 1880)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Robert
9. Petrus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
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.
• March 30 » Out of 795 Lancasters, Halifaxes and Mosquitos sent to attack Nuremberg, 95 bombers do not return, making it the largest RAF Bomber Command loss of the war.
• July 7 » World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan.
• August 20 » World War II: One hundred sixty-eight captured allied airmen, including Phil Lamason, accused by the Gestapo of being "terror fliers", arrive at Buchenwald concentration camp.
• August 21 » World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.
• September 8 » World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time.
• October 5 » The Provisional Government of the French Republic enfranchises women.

The temperature on September 17, 1944 was between 5.6 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.