About the day » Thursday January 17, 1946Calender converter

• Luc Jan-Baptist Richard Roos, Opbrakel († 1965)
• Ilona Sijmons, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Jan Wiersema, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2004)
• Adrianus Petrus van de Laar, Milheeze († 1994)
• Gisèle Bilkin, Mechelen, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen († 2021)
• Esperanza Bauer, Mexico City, Mexico († 1961)
• Adriaan Peter Evers, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1966)
• Frank Verschragen, Utrecht, Nederland († 2008)
• Elisabeth Cornelia Maria van Bezouw, Gilze-Rijen († 1946)
• Annemarie Pieters Eenshuistra, Rauwerd, Rauwerderhem, Friesland, Nederland († 2014)

• Age Bakker (45)
• Adam Nicolaas Feddes (79), Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana de Koning (64), Montfoort
• Antje Kobus (71), Herbaijum, Friesland, Netherlands
• Verbunt (25), Sydney, Australië
• Jenny Nystr√∂m (91), Stockholm. Zweden
• Antje Kobus (71), Herbaijum, gem. Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Age BAKKER (45), Hilversum Noord-Holland Netherlands
• Aloysia Reith (61), Silges, Landkreis Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland
• Alfred William Le Grand (100), Cape Cove, Quebec, Canada

• 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
• 1948 » Davíð Oddsson, Icelandic politician, 21st Prime Minister of Iceland
• 1949 » Andy Kaufman, American actor and comedian († 1984)
• 1949 » Anita Borg, American computer scientist and academic († 2003)
• 1949 » Augustin Dumay, French violinist and conductor
• 1949 » Gyude Bryant, Liberian businessman and politician († 2014)

• 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)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
• January 17 » The UN Security Council holds its first session.
• February 24 » Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, is elected to his first term as President of Argentina.
• May 25 » The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir.
• July 26 » Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport.
• September 8 » The referendum abolishes the monarchy in Bulgaria.
• September 24 » Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.

The temperature on January 17, 1946 was between -7.1 °C and -1.4 °C and averaged -4.4 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.