About the day » Sunday January 17, 2010Calender converter

• Lynn Mollenhorst, Groningen

• Elisabeth van de Vreede (85)
• Anna Cornelia Sneekes (87), Den Helder
• Anny de Visser (74), Heeswijk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alberta Johanna van Dartel (85), Zwolle
• Anna (An) van Heertum (75), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis J.M. van den Ouweland (82), Roosendaal
• Byron Earl Moore (67), Verenigde Statn
• Catharina Johanna Bruijn (97), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Petrus Witte (90), Beek (L)
• Donald T. Ebbers (75)

• 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. Jan
9. Levi
10. Liam
11. Sem
12. Daan
13. Milan
14. Christian
15. Julian
16. Mees

1. Lieke
2. Emma
3. Lotte
4. Anna
5. Ella
6. Jitte
7. Fleur
8. Julia
9. Jasmijn
10. Eva
11. Lisa
12. Indi
13. Maria
14. Lynn
15. Amber
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 25 » Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Na'ameh, Lebanon, killing 90.
• February 27 » An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggers a tsunami which strikes Hawaii shortly after.
• August 5 » The Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300ft (700m) below the ground for 69 days.
• August 24 » In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 72 illegal immigrants are killed by Los Zetas and eventually found dead by Mexican authorities.
• October 4 » The Ajka plant accident Hungary releases a million cubic metres of liquid alumina sludge, killing nine, injuring 122, and severely contaminating two major rivers.
• November 19 » The first of four explosions takes place at the Pike River Mine in New Zealand. Twenty-nine people are killed in the nation's worst mining disaster since 1914.

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.