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Died on Wednesday February 17, 1993
- Christina Maria Schiet (72), Loosdrecht
- Albert Albers (81), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
- Berry Sebregts (61), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Clasina Cornelia de Wit (71), Tilburg, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Albert Lameire (74), Knokke Heist
- Cornelia Elisabeth Voeten (90), Breda
- Carlos Alberto Carneiro (64), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Antje Deelstra (77), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Catharina van Geel (87), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Arnold J. Groenendijk (Greendyk) (74), Montclair, New Yersey, VS
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 17, 1993 at Delpher
Born on February 17
- 1984 » AB de Villiers, South African cricketer
- 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
- 1991 » Bonnie Wright, English actress, director, and screenwriter
- 1991 » Ed Sheeran, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1993 » Marc Márquez, Spanish motorcycle racer
- 1993 » Nicola Leali, Italian footballer
Died on February 17
- 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)
- 1998 » Ernst Jünger, German soldier, philosopher, and author (b. 1895)
- 2003 » Steve Bechler, American baseball player (b. 1979)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1993
- 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 15.2 million citizens.
- January 13 » Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
- March 29 » Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and the first woman to be elected in a general election as premier of a Canadian province.
- July 22 » Great Flood of 1993: Levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers.
- August 1 » The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
- September 14 » Lufthansa Flight 2904, an Airbus A320, crashes into an embankment after overshooting the runway at Okęcie International Airport (now Warsaw Chopin Airport), killing two people.
- November 23 » Rachel Whiteread wins both the £20,000 Turner Prize award for best British modern artist and the £40,000 K Foundation art award for the worst artist of the year.
Weather February 17, 1993
The temperature on February 17, 1993 was between 3.5 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 6.3 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.