About the day » Wednesday January 17, 2001Calender converter

• Astrid Gijsbertha Hendrika Cornelia Hennink (43), Oudeschild
• Anna Maria Boissevain (75), Amsterdam
• Barend Bakker (92), Amsterdam
• Bernt Ludolf Sweder Fernand baron van Asbeck (78), Wellington (Nieuw-Zeeland)
• Anna Clementina Theresia Tiben (78), Medemblik
• Astrid Gijsberta Hendrika Cornelia Hennink (43), Oudeschild (Texel, NH)
• Antonia Berendina Berkhoff (93), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Agnes Schwarberg (92), Hagen
• Anna Maria BOISSEVAIN (75)
• Albert Oelen (84), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1990 » Santiago Tréllez, Colombian footballer
• 1991 » Alise Post, American BMX rider
• 1991 » Esapekka Lappi, Finnish Rally Driver
• 1991 » Slade Griffin, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Trevor Bauer, American baseball player
• 1993 » Frankie Cocozza, British singer
• 1994 » Mark Steketee, Australian cricketer
• 1998 » Jeff Reine-Adelaide, French footballer
• 1998 » Sophie Molineux, Australian cricketer
• 2000 » Devlin DeFrancesco, Canadian race car driver

• 1997 » Bert Kelly, Australian farmer and politician, 20th Australian Minister for the Navy (b. 1912)
• 2000 » Ion Rațiu, Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1917)
• 2000 » Philip Jones, English trumpet player and educator (b. 1928)
• 2002 » Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
• 2002 » Roman Personov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1932)
• 2003 » Richard Crenna, American actor and director (b. 1926)
• 2004 » Harry Brecheen, American baseball player and coach (b. 1914)
• 2004 » Noble Willingham, American actor (b. 1931)
• 2004 » Ray Stark, American film producer (b. 1915)
• 2004 » Raymond Bonham Carter, English banker (b. 1929)

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
• April 1 » An EP-3E United States Navy surveillance aircraft collides with a Chinese People's Liberation Army Shenyang J-8 fighter jet. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in Hainan, China and is detained.
• April 1 » Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.
• September 12 » Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.
• September 27 » In Switzerland, a gunman shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself.
• October 7 » The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
• October 11 » The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.

The temperature on January 17, 2001 was between -9.0 °C and 1.0 °C and averaged -4.8 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.