About the day » Thursday January 17, 1974Calender converter

• Daniel Arthur Smith, Heerlen († 2020)
• Mary Veronica Gladman, Ballarat, Australië († 1974)
• Zwier de Graaf († 2012)
• Suzanne Jacques COHEN, Rotterdam († 1993)

• Arie Jan Cornelissen (75), Harderwijk
• Cornelis Willems Jongsma (92), Deventer
• Anna Maria Kessels (65), Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ada Rider (93), Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Martina van Rossen (82), OVERSCHIE (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Hessels (72), Zevenbergschen Hoek
• Ad Schoenmakers (31)
• Adriana Blokland (85), Sliedrecht
• Clay M. Smith (78)
• Clara BRINCKS (75)

• 1971 » Giorgos Balogiannis, Greek basketball player
• 1971 » Richard Burns, English race car driver († 2005)
• 1973 » Aaron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1973 » Chris Bowen, Australian politician, 37th Treasurer of Australia
• 1973 » Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Mexican footballer and actor
• 1973 » Liz Ellis, Australian netball player and sportscaster
• 1974 » Derrick Mason, American football player
• 1974 » Vesko Kountchev, Bulgarian viola player, composer, and producer
• 1974 » Yang Chen, Chinese footballer and manager
• 1975 » Freddy Rodriguez, American actor

• 1961 » Patrice Lumumba, Congolese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1925)
• 1970 » Simon Kovar, Russian-American bassoon player and educator (b. 1890)
• 1972 » Betty Smith, American author and playwright (b. 1896)
• 1977 » Dougal Haston, Scottish mountaineer (b. 1940)
• 1977 » Gary Gilmore, American murderer (b. 1940)
• 1981 » Loukas Panourgias, Greek footballer and lawyer (b. 1899)
• 1984 » Kostas Giannidis, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1903)
• 1987 » Hugo Fregonese, Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 1988 » Percy Qoboza, South African journalist and author (b. 1938)
• 1991 » Olav V of Norway (b. 1903)

1. Jan
2. Mark
3. Johannes
4. Jeroen
5. Peter
6. Michael
7. Patrick
8. Richard
9. David
10. Robert
11. Marcel
12. Marco
13. Pieter
14. Dennis
15. Johan
16. Edwin

1. Maria
2. Sandra
3. Monique
4. Patricia
5. Johanna
6. Cindy
7. Esther
8. Bianca
9. Wendy
10. Ingrid
11. Anna
12. Jolanda
13. Nicole
14. Linda
15. Miranda
16. Saskia

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
• April 3 » The 1974 Super Outbreak occurs, the second biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history (after the 2011 Super Outbreak). The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.
• June 26 » The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
• June 29 » Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet.
• June 30 » The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins.
• November 16 » The Arecibo message is broadcast from the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico. It was aimed at the current location of the globular star cluster Messier 13 some 25,000 light years away. The message will reach empty space by the time it finally arrives since the cluster will have changed position.
• December 8 » A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece.

The temperature on January 17, 1974 was between 4.9 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain during 5.5 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (22%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.