About the day » Tuesday March 17, 1998Calender converter

• Maverick John Cooper, Hamilton (N.Z.)

• Arnolda Hooijmans (71), Breda
• Anna Doorn (92)
• "Mathilde Marie" Gérardine Sébastienne de Croy (96), Etterbeek, Bruxelles, Belgique
• Bernhard Hermann Brümmer (82), Ibbenbüren, Kreis Steinfurt, Regierungsbezirk Münster, North Rhine-Westp
• Adrianus Albertus van 't Riet (45), Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland
• Clinton J. Lyke (75), Canisteo, Steuben, NY
• Anna Josephina van Acker (72), Amsterdam
• Adriana Bernadina Slokkers (84), Zevenbergen
• Cornelis Timmerman (56), FR:Parijs
• Christina BOBBAERS (94), Lanaken (Limburg) (B)

• 1989 » Shinji Kagawa, Japanese footballer
• 1990 » Hozier, Irish singer-songwriter and musician
• 1990 » Saina Nehwal, Indian badminton player
• 1991 » Jack De Belin, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 » John Boyega, English actor
• 1992 » Patrick Cantlay, American golfer
• 1993 » Matteo Bianchetti, Italian footballer
• 1994 » Dean Britt, Australian rugby league player
• 1995 » Ashley Taylor, Australian rugby league player
• 1997 » Katie Ledecky, American swimmer

• 1993 » Helen Hayes, American actress (b. 1900)
• 1994 » Mai Zetterling, Swedish-English actress and director (b. 1925)
• 1996 » René Clément, French director and screenwriter (b. 1913)
• 1996 » Terry Stafford, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
• 1997 » Jermaine Stewart, American singer-songwriter and dancer (b. 1957)
• 1999 » Ernest Gold, Austrian-American composer (b. 1921)
• 1999 » Jean Pierre-Bloch, French activist (b. 1905)
• 2002 » Rosetta LeNoire, American actress and producer (b. 1911)
• 2002 » Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, American television broadcaster and producer (b. 1908)
• 2002 » Văn Tiến Dũng, Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam (b. 1917)

• 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 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
• January 11 » Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.
• February 28 » Kosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army in Kosovo.
• May 28 » Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of nuclear tests by India with five of its own codenamed Chagai-I, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Pakistan celebrates Youm-e-Takbir annually.
• May 30 » Nuclear Testing: Pakistan conducts an underground test in the Kharan Desert. It is reported to be a plutonium device with yield of 20kt TNT equivalent.
• October 29 » Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras.
• December 29 » Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over one million lives.

The temperature on March 17, 1998 was between 8.2 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (20%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.