About the day » Saturday July 17, 1993Calender converter

• Alexandre Yves Jean GABARD, Saint-Nazaire, 44184, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France († 1993)
• Vera Schuwer, Nieuwegein († 1993)
• Vera Schuwer, Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Nederland († 1993)

• Adriana Maria BOEL (85), Den Haag,Zuid-Holland,Haaglanden,NEDERLAND
• Antje Douwes DOUMA (88), Bergum (Tytsjerksteradiel) Friesland Netherlands
• Cass John Dryer (73), Essex, Virginia, United States
• Anna Maria Gertrudis Nijsten (95), Geleen, Limburg, Nederland
• Boele Klopstra (72), -
• Auke Bosma (81), -
• Amabile Nicodemo (90)
• Célio de Aquino Silva (66), Joinvile, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Albert Baetens (76)
• Albert SPIJKMAN (81), Coevorden Drenthe Netherlands

• 1985 » Loui Eriksson, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1985 » Tom Fletcher, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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• 1986 » Lacey Von Erich, American wrestler
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• 1987 » Jan Charouz, Czech race car driver
• 1987 » Jeremih, American singer, songwriter, and record producer
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• 1998 » Rosana Serrano, Cuban rower

• 1988 » Bruiser Brody, American football player and wrestler (b. 1946)
• 1989 » Itubwa Amram, Nauruan pastor and politician (b. 1922)
• 1991 » John Patrick Spiegel, American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1911)
• 1994 » Jean Borotra, French tennis player (b. 1898)
• 1995 » Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1911)
• 1996 » Chas Chandler, American bass player and producer (b. 1938)
• 1996 » Victims of TWA Flight 800
• 1998 » Lillian Hoban, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)
• 2001 » Katharine Graham, American publisher (b. 1917)
• 2002 » Joseph Luns, Dutch politician and Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1911)

1. Jeroen
2. Thomas
3. Michael
4. Tim
5. Jan
6. Kevin
7. Bart
8. Robin
9. Dennis
10. Sander
11. Johannes
12. Mark
13. Jacob
14. Rick
15. Hendrik
16. Ruben

1. Iris
2. Lisa
3. Laura
4. Maria
5. Tessa
6. Melissa
7. Anna
8. Anne
9. Sanne
10. Sophie
11. Eline
12. Jessica
13. Sarah
14. Michelle
15. Kelly
16. Amanda

• 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.
• January 25 » Five people are shot outside the CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Two are killed and three wounded.
• April 11 » Four hundred fifty prisoners rioted at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and continued to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious beliefs.
• June 12 » An election takes place in Nigeria and is won by Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. Its results are later annulled by the military Government of Ibrahim Babangida.
• September 22 » A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. Forty-seven passengers are killed.
• September 30 » The 6.2 M_w  Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.

The temperature on July 17, 1993 was between 14.9 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.