About the day » Thursday February 17, 1994Calender converter

• ivo martens, helden-beringe

• Christina Gerdina de Kock (95)
• Berendina Post (81), Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County) (Utah)
• Adell Somersett (73), Sunset Beach,Brunswick County, North Carolina
• Cornelia Johanna Christina Stolk (82), Rotterdam Z.H
• Anna Engelina Mensen (82), Barger-Compascuum
• Cornelia Johanna Christina Stolk (82), Rotterdam
• Anna Engelina - Linie Mensen (82), Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cora Della Shannon Graves (93), Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
• Anna van der Ende (82), Naaldwijk, Nederland
• Adriana van den Bovenkamp (73), Renkum

• 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

• 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)
• 2004 » José López Portillo, Mexican lawyer and politician, 51st President of Mexico, 1976-1982 (b. 1920)
• 2005 » Dan O'Herlihy, Irish-American actor (b. 1919)

1. Thomas
2. Jeroen
3. Jan
4. Kevin
5. Michael
6. Willem
7. Robin
8. Johannes
9. Niels
10. Daniel
11. Rick
12. Dennis
13. Max
14. David
15. Tim
16. Jacob

1. Laura
2. Anne
3. Lisa
4. Tessa
5. Michelle
6. Sanne
7. Anna
8. Melissa
9. Charlotte
10. Eva
11. Amanda
12. Esther
13. Elisabeth
14. Johanna
15. Iris
16. Eline

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 15.3 million citizens.
• May 6 » Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
• May 24 » Four men convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993 are each sentenced to 240 years in prison.
• June 18 » The Troubles: Members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) attack a crowded pub with assault rifles in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland. Six Catholic civilians are killed and five wounded. It was crowded with people watching the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
• September 3 » Sino-Soviet split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.
• October 21 » North Korea and the United States sign an Agreed Framework that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections.
• December 14 » Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river.

The temperature on February 17, 1994 was between -8.1 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged -2.0 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (89%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.