About the day » Tuesday September 17, 1991Calender converter

• Jovanca Flaneur
• Marissa Weerweg († 1991)
• Albertine Geertje Roukema, Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands († 1993)
• Birgitte Boerland
• Sill Linskens, Metrik, Limburg, Nederlan († 2007)
• Lars Nijenbrinks, Hoevelaken

• Albert Velders (79), Rheden
• Akke~Hendriks Smid (78), Warkum
• Auguste ARNOUX (75), Moustier-sur-Sambre,5190,Namur,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Antje Fijn (83)
• Derk Wegman (91)
• Bernard Champagne de Labriolle (89), Gradignan, Gironde
• Alma Dorohthy Harris, Seaton, South Australia, Australia
• Anna van Keulen (83)
• Aagtje Watertor (93), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Allen Albert Meeuwenberg (90), Reeman MI,U.S.A

• 1986 » Ravichandran Ashwin, Indian cricketer
• 1987 » Paul Huntington, English footballer
• 1989 » Kate Deines, American soccer player
• 1990 » Pixie Geldof, English model and singer
• 1990 » Sean Scannell, English footballer
• 1991 » Cameron King, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Justyna Jegiołka, Polish tennis player
• 1991 » Ryo Ishikawa, Japanese golfer
• 1993 » Sofiane Boufal, Moroccan footballer
• 1993 » Sophie Howard, Scottish footballer

• 1987 » Harry Locke, English actor (b. 1913)
• 1991 » Zino Francescatti, French violinist and composer (b. 1902)
• 1992 » Roger Wagner, American conductor and educator (b. 1914)
• 1993 » Christian Nyby, American director and producer (b. 1913)
• 1993 » Willie Mosconi, American pool player and actor (b. 1913)
• 1994 » John Delafose, American accordion player (b. 1939)
• 1994 » Karl Popper, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (b. 1902)
• 1994 » Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player and coach (b. 1954)
• 1995 » Isadore Epstein, Estonian-American astronomer and academic (b. 1919)
• 1995 » Lucien Victor, Belgian cyclist (b. 1931)

• 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
• January 17 » Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning as aircraft strike positions across Iraq, it is also the first major combat sortie for the F-117. LCDR Scott Speicher's F/A-18C Hornet from VFA-81 is shot down by a Mig-25 and is the first American casualty of the War. Iraq fires eight Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.
• February 13 » Gulf War: Two laser-guided "smart bombs" destroy the Amiriyah shelter in Baghdad. Allied forces said the bunker was being used as a military communications outpost, but over 400 Iraqi civilians inside were killed.
• August 9 » The Italian prosecuting magistrate Antonino Scopelliti is murdered by the 'Ndrangheta on behalf of the Sicilian Mafia while preparing the government's case in the final appeal of the Maxi Trial.
• August 27 » The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
• September 11 » Continental Express Flight 2574 crashes in Colorado County, Texas, near Eagle Lake, killing 11 passengers and three crew.
• November 14 » American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103.

The temperature on September 17, 1991 was between 13.3 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.