About the day » Wednesday March 17, 1993Calender converter

• Lars Peter Maria Victor Slijpen, Geleen, Niederlande († 1996)
• Lars Peter Maria Victor Slijpen, Geleen, Niederlande († 1996)

• Clarence Klompien (66), Bozeman (Gallatin), Montana, Verenigde Staten
• Cary Lessie Crosby Jr. (66), Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia, Verenigde Staten
• Alice Venema (81), Salt Lake City,, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Aleida Brink (88), Hoofddorp, Nederland
• Bryan RANDELL (59), Colchester, Essex,England,UK
• Anesia Leite do Amparo (69), Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Anna Maria Baens (85), Maaseik, Provincie Limburg, België
• Charles ('Chuck') Hall (62), Grand Rapids (Kent), Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Gerrit Jan Woesthoff (84), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Catharina Frencken (83), Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland

• 1989 » Shinji Kagawa, Japanese footballer
• 1990 » Hozier, Irish singer-songwriter and musician
• 1990 » Saina Nehwal, Indian badminton player
• 1991 » Jack De Belin, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 » John Boyega, English actor
• 1992 » Patrick Cantlay, American golfer
• 1993 » Matteo Bianchetti, Italian footballer
• 1994 » Dean Britt, Australian rugby league player
• 1995 » Ashley Taylor, Australian rugby league player
• 1997 » Katie Ledecky, American swimmer

• 1986 » Clarence D. Lester, African-American fighter pilot (b.1923)
• 1990 » Capucine, French model and actress (b. 1928)
• 1992 » Grace Stafford, American actress (b. 1903)
• 1993 » Helen Hayes, American actress (b. 1900)
• 1994 » Mai Zetterling, Swedish-English actress and director (b. 1925)
• 1996 » René Clément, French director and screenwriter (b. 1913)
• 1996 » Terry Stafford, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
• 1997 » Jermaine Stewart, American singer-songwriter and dancer (b. 1957)
• 1999 » Ernest Gold, Austrian-American composer (b. 1921)
• 1999 » Jean Pierre-Bloch, French activist (b. 1905)

1. Jeroen
2. Thomas
3. Michael
4. Tim
5. Jan
6. Kevin
7. Bart
8. Robin
9. Sander
10. Dennis
11. Johannes
12. Mark
13. Rick
14. Jacob
15. Hendrik
16. Ruben

1. Iris
2. Lisa
3. Laura
4. Maria
5. Tessa
6. Anne
7. Melissa
8. Anna
9. Sanne
10. Sophie
11. Eline
12. Sarah
13. Jessica
14. Michelle
15. Kelly
16. Amanda

• 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
• April 11 » Four hundred fifty prisoners rioted at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and continued to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious beliefs.
• April 28 » A Zambia Air Force DHC-5 Buffalo crashes off the coast of Libreville, Gabon, killing all 30 passengers, which included the entire Zambia national football team.
• September 22 » A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.
• September 24 » The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king.
• November 1 » The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union.
• November 23 » Rachel Whiteread wins both the £20,000 Turner Prize award for best British modern artist and the £40,000 K Foundation art award for the worst artist of the year.

The temperature on March 17, 1993 was between 7.3 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (40%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.