About the day » Tuesday August 17, 1993Calender converter

• Karen marie Roy, Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, The United States of America

• Berend Marikus Brakke (71), Vriescheloo, Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Annie Driessen (68), Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Afke Leenstra (70), Irnsum, Rauwerderhem, Friesland, Nederland
• Afke LEENSTRA (70), Irnsum (Rauwerderhem) Friesland Netherlands
• * Johanna Agnes Netten (85), 's Gravenhage
• Adriana Petronella Schaerlackens (59), Breda
• Aaltje FLIKKEMA (59)
• Adriana Joanna Priemus (79), Tilburg
• Antje te Wierike (74), Brunssum
• Albertus Martinus Vogels (84), Gemert, Nederland

• 1989 » Rachel Corsie, Scottish footballer
• 1992 » Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player († 2013)
• 1992 » Chanel Mata'utia, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 » Paige, English wrestler
• 1993 » Ederson Moraes, Brazilian footballer
• 1993 » Sarah Sjöström, Swedish swimmer
• 1994 » Phoebe Bridgers, American singer/songwriter
• 1995 » Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1995 » Gracie Gold, American figure skater
• 1996 » Jake Virtanen, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1988 » Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (b. 1924)
• 1988 » Victoria Shaw, Australian-American actress (b. 1935)
• 1990 » Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (b. 1918)
• 1993 » Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1920)
• 1994 » Jack Sharkey, American boxer and referee (b. 1902)
• 1994 » Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1901)
• 1995 » Howard E. Koch, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1995 » Ted Whitten, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1933)
• 1998 » Władysław Komar, Polish shot putter and actor (b. 1940)

• 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 2 » Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lanka Navy kill 35–100 civilians on the Jaffna Lagoon.
• March 7 » The tugboat Thomas Hebert sank off the coast of New Jersey, USA.
• March 20 » The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in Warrington, England. It leads to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland.
• April 28 » A Zambia Air Force DHC-5 Buffalo crashes off the coast of Libreville, Gabon, killing all 30 passengers, which included the entire Zambia national football team.
• July 25 » The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa.
• August 31 » Russia completes removing its troops from Lithuania.

The temperature on August 17, 1993 was between 11.7 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (94%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.