About the day » Thursday June 17, 1976Calender converter

• chantal d.c. (chantal) wijnands, helden-beringe
• Martinus (Martin) Mouw, Elburg († 2020)
• Allan Nusselder, Den Helder († 1995)

• Adrianus Cornelius BAKERMANS (82), Eindhoven
• Boyd Johnson Miller Sr (79), Princeton, Mercer, West Virginia, United States
• Anton van Gastel (14), Roosendaal
• Berend Wassink (83), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Heij (74), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Andrew James Lawry (69), Penzance, Cornwall, England
• Antonius Merks (70), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Gerardina Thijs (79), Kortessem, België
• Adrianus Bruin (83), Amstelveen
• Alida Frederika FLEURKE (45)

• 1974 » Evangelia Psarra, Greek archer
• 1975 » Joshua Leonard, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1975 » Juan Carlos Valerón, Spanish footballer
• 1975 » Phiyada Akkraseranee, Thai actress and model
• 1976 » Scott Adkins, English actor and martial artist
• 1976 » Sven Nys, Belgian cyclist
• 1977 » Mark Tauscher, American football player and sportscaster
• 1977 » Tjaša Jezernik, Slovenian tennis player
• 1978 » Isabelle Delobel, French ice dancer
• 1978 » Travis Roche, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1968 » José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1901)
• 1974 » Refik Koraltan, Turkish lawyer and politician, 8th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1889)
• 1975 » James Phinney Baxter III, American historian and academic (b. 1893)
• 1979 » Duffy Lewis, American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)
• 1979 » Hubert Ashton, English cricketer and politician (b. 1898)
• 1981 » Richard O'Connor, Indian-English general (b. 1889)
• 1981 » Zerna Sharp, American author and educator (b. 1889)
• 1982 » Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (b. 1920)
• 1983 » Peter Mennin, American composer and educator (b. 1923)
• 1985 » John Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1913)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Johannes
5. Martijn
6. Patrick
7. David
8. Peter
9. Robert
10. Dennis
11. Michael
12. Hendrik
13. Pieter
14. Richard
15. Bart
16. Ronald

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Sandra
4. Wendy
5. Esther
6. Monique
7. Elisabeth
8. Miranda
9. Linda
10. Jennifer
11. Saskia
12. Bianca
13. Cindy
14. Judith
15. Tamara
16. Patricia

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
• March 9 » Forty-two people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date.
• May 8 » The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
• July 4 » Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.
• July 17 » East Timor is annexed, and becomes the 27th province of Indonesia.
• September 3 » Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
• October 20 » The ferry George Prince is struck by a ship while crossing the Mississippi River. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die, and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive.

The temperature on June 17, 1976 was between 9.0 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.