About the day » Monday May 17, 1982Calender converter

• Marcel Vissers († 1982)

• Delia Anna VLEGHELS (73), Bergen Op Zoom (Nl)
• Arthur F. COLEMAN
• Bernardus van Hulst (84), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Charles Norman Wright (61), San Angelo, Tom Green Co., TX
• Antonius Bernardus Ludovicus Vogels (92), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Alida Engelina Breteler (71), Enschede
• Bertha Virginia Keith (68), Gulfport, Harrison, Mississippi, United States of America
• Adriana Catharina Cornelia Hop (59), Teteringen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelius Josephus Verschaeren (73), Lier
• Christiaan Martinus van Erve (65), Oosterhout,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1981 » Beñat Albizuri, Spanish cyclist
• 1981 » Chris Skidmore, English historian and politician
• 1981 » Giannis Taralidis, Greek footballer
• 1981 » Leon Osman, English footballer
• 1981 » Lim Jeong-hee, South Korean singer
• 1982 » Chloe Smith, English politician
• 1982 » Dan Hardy, English mixed martial artist
• 1982 » Matt Cassel, American football player
• 1982 » Reiko Nakamura, Japanese swimmer
• 1982 » Tony Parker, French-American basketball player

• 1974 » Ernest Nash, German-American photographer and scholar (b. 1898)
• 1977 » Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1980 » Gündüz Kılıç, Turkish football player and coach (b. 1918)
• 1985 » Abe Burrows, American director, composer, and author (b. 1910)
• 1987 » Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist, sociologist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
• 1992 » Lawrence Welk, American accordion player and bandleader (b. 1903)
• 1995 » Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1912)
• 1996 » Kevin Gilbert, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1966)
• 1999 » Bruce Fairbairn, Canadian trumpet player and producer (b. 1949)
• 1999 » Lembit Oll, Estonian chess Grandmaster (b. 1966)

1. Jan
2. Mark
3. Jeroen
4. Peter
5. Johannes
6. Michael
7. David
8. Dennis
9. Robert
10. Bart
11. Hendrik
12. Willem
13. Patrick
14. Erik
15. Thomas
16. Paul

1. Maria
2. Linda
3. Kim
4. Johanna
5. Jessica
6. Kelly
7. Sarah
8. Esther
9. Marieke
10. Marjolein
11. Elisabeth
12. Ellen
13. Wendy
14. Chantal
15. Jennifer
16. Anna

• 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 Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
• January 28 » US Army general James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces from captivity by the Red Brigades.
• May 30 » Cold War: Spain joins NATO.
• September 19 » Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons:-) and:-( on the Carnegie Mellon University bulletin board system.
• October 28 » The Spanish general election begins fourteen years of rule by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.
• November 30 » Michael Jackson's sixth solo studio album, Thriller, is released worldwide, ultimately to become the best-selling record album in history.
• December 7 » In Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr., becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.

The temperature on May 17, 1982 was between 10.7 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.