About the day » Saturday January 17, 1987Calender converter

• Alice Poskin

• Donald Robert 1933 Buley (53)
• Earnest Lee Crouch (82), Plano, Collin, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus Nieuwenhuis (73)
• Dina Sileon (80), Wenum
• Egbert Martinus de Wit (73), Ruinerwold
• Allan Rolles (49), aged 49 years, with son Paul
• Bastiaan Schrier (72), Oostburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Hoevenberg (89)
• Dimphina de Wijs (79)
• Anthony J Wojnarowski (66), Warren, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1984 » Calvin Harris, Scottish singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer
• 1985 » Betsy Ruth, American wrestler and manager
• 1985 » Pablo Barrientos, Argentinian footballer
• 1985 » Simone Simons, Dutch singer-songwriter
• 1987 » Cody Decker, American baseball player
• 1988 » Andrea Antonelli, Italian motorcycle racer († 2013)
• 1988 » Héctor Moreno, Mexican footballer
• 1988 » Will Genia, Australian rugby player
• 1989 » Kelly Marie Tran, American actress
• 1989 » Taylor Jordan, American baseball player

• 1981 » Loukas Panourgias, Greek footballer and lawyer (b. 1899)
• 1984 » Kostas Giannidis, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1903)
• 1987 » Hugo Fregonese, Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 1988 » Percy Qoboza, South African journalist and author (b. 1938)
• 1991 » Olav V of Norway (b. 1903)
• 1992 » Frank Pullen, English soldier and businessman (b. 1915)
• 1993 » Albert Hourani, English-Lebanese historian and academic (b. 1915)
• 1994 » Helen Stephens, American runner, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1918)
• 1994 » Yevgeni Ivanov, Russian spy (b. 1926)
• 1996 » Barbara Jordan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1936)

1. Michael
2. Jan
3. Thomas
4. Mark
5. Jeroen
6. Kevin
7. Johannes
8. Joshua
9. David
10. Dennis
11. Pieter
12. Peter
13. Tim
14. Robert
15. Sander
16. Bart

1. Maria
2. Jessica
3. Laura
4. Sarah
5. Linda
6. Kim
7. Anna
8. Esther
9. Sanne
10. Nicole
11. Johanna
12. Amanda
13. Anne
14. Michelle
15. Chantal
16. Stephanie

• 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
• May 9 » LOT Flight 5055 Tadeusz Kościuszko crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board.
• June 11 » Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant are elected as the first black MPs in Great Britain.
• July 1 » The American radio station WFAN in New York City is launched as the world's first all-sports radio station.
• August 4 » The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly".
• September 16 » The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.
• December 22 » In Zimbabwe, the political parties ZANU and ZAPU reach an agreement that ends the violence in the Matabeleland region known as the Gukurahundi.

The temperature on January 17, 1987 was between -9.1 °C and -6.1 °C and averaged -7.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.