About the day » Sunday October 17, 1976Calender converter

• Djemal Zahirovic, Travnik, Bisnië († 2014)
• Jannie Wilts († 2018)
• Charles Michael KUHLMAN, Canyon, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• Marcel Rolf Vredeveld, Espel († 1994)

• Bertha Hendrika Pot (70)
• Anne Boelens (79), Opeinde, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelia Eekels (78), Venlo
• Avery Jackson Pitt (66), Huntingdon Valley, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
• Agnes Alphonsine Mesters (82), Sittard,, Limburg, Nederland
• Adam PRINS (69), Hilversum (N-H)
• Anthonie Lawende (69), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia van Luipen (74)
• Benjamin Franklin Gluff (79), Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Berndina Wilhelmina Knorth (88), Hengelo

• 1975 » Francis Bouillon, American-Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 » Jericó Abramo Masso, Mexican politician
• 1975 » Vina Morales, Filipino actress and singer
• 1976 » Carlos Loret de Mola, Mexican journalist
• 1976 » Kevin Maher, English-Irish footballer and coach
• 1976 » Sebastián Abreu, Uruguayan footballer
• 1976 » Seth Etherton, American baseball player
• 1977 » Alimi Ballard, American actor and producer
• 1977 » Bryan Bertino, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1977 » Dudu Aouate, Israeli footballer

• 1972 » George, Crown Prince of Serbia (b. 1887)
• 1972 » Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1914)
• 1973 » Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (b. 1926)
• 1978 » George Clark, American race car driver (b. 1890)
• 1978 » Giovanni Gronchi, Italian educator, soldier, and politician, 3rd President of the Italian Republic (b. 1887)
• 1979 » Eugenio Mendoza, Venezuelan business tycoon (b. 1909)
• 1979 » John Stuart, Scottish-English actor (b. 1898)
• 1979 » S. J. Perelman, American humorist and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 1981 » Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss civil servant and author (b. 1895)
• 1981 » Kannadasan Indian author, poet, and songwriter (b. 1927)

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

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.
• January 15 » Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
• February 24 » The current constitution of Cuba is formally proclaimed.
• March 9 » Forty-two people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date.
• April 2 » Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
• May 8 » The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
• August 7 » Viking program: Viking 2 enters orbit around Mars.

The temperature on October 17, 1976 was between -0.2 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (87%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.