About the day » Sunday January 17, 2010Calender converter

• Lynn Mollenhorst, Groningen

• Eessyna de Winter (89), Heerde
• Anna Sophia Ruigrok (102), Sassenheim
• Byron Earl Moore (67), Verenigde Statn
• Bessie Margareth jellema (89)
• Cornelis J.M. van den Ouweland (82), Roosendaal
• Clara Ruth Bruns (84), Granville, Sioux County, Iowa
• Eessyna de De Winter (89), Heerde
• Cornelis Johannes Westmaas (76), Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Westmaas (76), Monster
• Elisabeth Harden (85), Brunssum

• 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

• 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)
• 2012 » Julius Meimberg, German soldier and pilot (b. 1917)
• 2012 » Ernie Alexander, American educator and politician (b. 1933)

1. Thomas
2. Lucas
3. Djess
4. Jens
5. Lars
6. Canryn
7. Jayden
8. Levi
9. Jan
10. Liam
11. Sem
12. Milan
13. Daan
14. Christian
15. Julian
16. Stijn

1. Lieke
2. Emma
3. Lotte
4. Anna
5. Jitte
6. Ella
7. Julia
8. Fleur
9. Jasmijn
10. Indi
11. Eva
12. Lisa
13. Maria
14. Lynn
15. Noa
16. Sanne

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
• January 4 » The Burj Khalifa, the current tallest building in the world, officially opens in Dubai.
• May 15 » Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo.
• May 21 » JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, launches the solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS aboard an H-IIA rocket. The vessel would make a Venus flyby late in the year.
• June 11 » The first African FIFA World Cup kicks off in South Africa.
• August 3 » Widespread rioting erupts in Karachi, Pakistan, after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85 dead and at least 17billion Pakistani rupees (US$200 million) in damage.
• November 23 » Bombardment of Yeonpyeong: North Korean artillery attack kills two civilians and two marines on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea.

The temperature on January 17, 2010 was between 0.8 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (22%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.