About the day » Saturday January 17, 2009Calender converter

• Jesse Adrian van der Lingen, Stadskanaal († 2009)
• Jesse Adrian van der Lingen, Stadskanaal († 2009)

• Dirk Arke Batenburg (62), Scheveningen
• Catharina Petronella Maria (Toos) van Ruijven (90), De Lier, 2678, Nederland
• Agatha Maria Barbara Wildenburg (75), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Clara Geertruida Maria Huijg (96), Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nedrland
• (Ali) Aaltje Bisschop (81), Ajax, Durham Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
• Donald Truhan Melisko (76), Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States
• Antonie Stroeve (86), Leiden
• Adrianus Anthonius Roelands (87), Zundert, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Beuken, Rotterdam
• Arie van Gessel (85), Den Haag

• 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

• 2007 » Art Buchwald, American journalist and author (b. 1925)
• 2007 » Yevhen Kushnaryov, Ukrainian engineer and politician (b. 1951)
• 2008 » Bobby Fischer, American chess player and author (b. 1943)
• 2008 » Ernie Holmes, American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1948)
• 2009 » Anders Isaksson, Swedish journalist and historian (b. 1943)
• 2010 » Erich Segal, American author and screenwriter (b. 1937)
• 2010 » Gaines Adams, American football player (b. 1983)
• 2010 » Jyoti Basu, Indian politician and CM of West Bengal for 23 years (b. 1914)
• 2010 » Michalis Papakonstantinou, Greek journalist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
• 2011 » Don Kirshner, American songwriter and producer (b. 1934)

• 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
• January 21 » Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, officially ending a three-week war it had with Hamas. However, intermittent fire by both sides continues in the weeks to follow.
• February 7 » Bushfires in Victoria leave 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history.
• April 3 » Jiverly Antares Wong opens fire at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York, killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide.
• April 30 » Chrysler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
• June 19 » War in North-West Pakistan: The Pakistani Armed Forces open Operation Rah-e-Nijat against the Taliban and other Islamist rebels in the South Waziristan area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
• August 26 » Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years.

The temperature on January 17, 2009 was between 2.8 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.