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Born on Tuesday February 17, 1987
- Fieke Fleur Krul († 1987)
- Fieke Fleur KRUL, Nijmegen (Gelderland, The Netherlands) († 1987)
- Benjamin James Lyzenga, Hazel Crest, IL
Died on Tuesday February 17, 1987
- Denzil Owen CLARK (64)
- Dirkje Plugge (70)
- Abraham van der Leer (54)
- Cornelis Petrus Joseph Maria Vermeer (70), Dongen
- Aartje Nagel (86), Bunschoten
- Barbara Wijkhuijs (85), Middelburg, Zeeland, NL
- Anna Cleijne (87), Beuningen
- Connie VARNEY (42)
- Adriana Susanna RHEMREV (85), Utrecht
- Alice Marie "Bennie" Benson (68), Anadarko, Caddo, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 17, 1987 at Delpher
Born on February 17
- 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
- 1985 » Anders Jacobsen, Norwegian ski jumper
- 1988 » Vasyl Lomachenko, Ukrainian boxer
- 1989 » Chord Overstreet, American actor and singer
- 1989 » Rebecca Adlington, English swimmer
- 1990 » Marianne St-Gelais, Canadian speed skater
Died on February 17
- 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)
- 1994 » Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (b. 1951)
Names that were popular for boys in 1987
- Michael
- Jan
- Thomas
- Mark
- Kevin
- Jeroen
- Johannes
- Joshua
- David
- Dennis
- Pieter
- Peter
- Robert
- Tim
- Sander
- Bart
Names that were popular for girls in 1987
- Maria
- Jessica
- Laura
- Sarah
- Linda
- Kim
- Anna
- Esther
- Sanne
- Nicole
- Johanna
- Amanda
- Anne
- Chantal
- Michelle
- Stephanie
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1987
- 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.
- January 1 » The Isleta Pueblo tribe elect Verna Williamson to be their first female governor.
- May 5 » Iran–Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America
- May 9 » LOT Flight 5055 Tadeusz Kościuszko crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board.
- June 8 » New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987.
- October 7 » Sikh nationalists declare the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.
- November 25 » Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 165mph and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm.
Weather February 17, 1987
The temperature on February 17, 1987 was between -2.5 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.