About the day » Thursday February 17, 1983Calender converter

• Michiel (Chiel) Hobers, Stadskanaal (Onstwedde)
• Edward DIPROSE, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia († 2009)
• Hannie bouwman († 1989)
• Steven († 1983)
• Stéphanie CLERMONT, Vélizy-Villacoublay, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France († 1985)

• Adronia Galle (84), Torhout, Belgium
• Aaltje Jans de Boer (63), Urk
• Barbara Veltman (62), amsterdam, Nederland
• Allan J. Thompson (63), Windsor, Province of Newfoundland, Canada
• Barbara Schirp (77), Bremen (D)
• Antoon van Vugt (78), Uden
• Allegonda Francisca Maria van der Burg (97), Voorburg
• Aaltje Smit (85), Vroomshoop, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Alfonsus Theodorus Siemerink (80), Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertus Schepers (66), Genk (B)

• 1981 » Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor, director, and producer
• 1982 » Adriano, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 » Brian Bruney, American baseball player
• 1982 » Daniel Merriweather, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1983 » Kevin Rudolf, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1984 » AB de Villiers, South African cricketer
• 1984 » Drew Miller, American ice hockey player
• 1984 » Jimmy Jacobs, American wrestler
• 1984 » Katie Hill, Australian 3.0 point wheelchair basketball player
• 1984 » Marcin Gortat, Polish basketball player

• 1977 » Janani Luwum, Ugandan archbishop and saint (b. 1922)
• 1979 » William Gargan, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1982 » Lee Strasberg, American actor and director (b. 1901)
• 1982 » Nestor Chylak, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1922)
• 1982 » Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer (b. 1917)
• 1986 » Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian-American philosopher and author (b. 1895)
• 1988 » John M. Allegro, English archaeologist and scholar (b. 1923)
• 1988 » Karpoori Thakur, Indian educator and politician, 11th Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1924)
• 1989 » Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (b. 1908)
• 1990 » Jean-Marc Boivin, French mountaineer, skier, and pilot (b. 1951)

1. Jan
2. Mark
3. Michael
4. Johannes
5. Pieter
6. Jeroen
7. Robert
8. Bart
9. David
10. Peter
11. Paul
12. Thomas
13. Maarten
14. Dennis
15. Martijn
16. Daniel

1. Maria
2. Linda
3. Jessica
4. Kim
5. Nicole
6. Sarah
7. Johanna
8. Marieke
9. Jennifer
10. Anna
11. Wendy
12. Laura
13. Elisabeth
14. Saskia
15. Ilona
16. Ellen

• 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, 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 1 » The ARPANET officially changes to using TCP/IP, the Internet Protocol, effectively creating the Internet.
• June 2 » After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane's doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place.
• September 26 » Soviet Air Force officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.
• November 8 » TAAG Angola Airlines Flight 462 crashes after takeoff from Lubango Airport killing all 130 people on board. UNITA claims to have shot down the aircraft, though this is disputed.
• November 17 » The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded in Mexico.
• December 31 » In Nigeria a coup d'état led by Major General Muhammadu Buhari ends the Second Nigerian Republic.

The temperature on February 17, 1983 was between -3.0 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.