About the day » Thursday January 17, 2002Calender converter

• Cas Smit, Silvolde
• Woud Smit, Silvolde
• Gustavo Momm Wiggers, Ituporanga, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 2002)
• Adrien de Vinck, Genève, Genève, Suisse († 2002)
• Charline Kleinhofer

• Agnes TRUYMAN (83)
• Adriana Jansen (93), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adje Wirken (70), Loon op Zand
• Adrianus Groeneveld (79), Ede
• Aaltje Jantina Hamhuis (70), Emmeloord
• Adriana Anna Antonia Petronella Wirken (70), Loon op Zand
• Bennett William Hammond (79), Beaverton, Washington, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
• "Geneviève" Marianne Camille Ghislaine Costa de Beauregard (93), Perquie, Landes, France
• Catharina Maria Sorée (64), Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Agatha Elisabeth Drenth (83)

• 1990 » Santiago Tréllez, Colombian footballer
• 1991 » Alise Post, American BMX rider
• 1991 » Esapekka Lappi, Finnish Rally Driver
• 1991 » Slade Griffin, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Trevor Bauer, American baseball player
• 1993 » Frankie Cocozza, British singer
• 1994 » Mark Steketee, Australian cricketer
• 1998 » Jeff Reine-Adelaide, French footballer
• 1998 » Sophie Molineux, Australian cricketer
• 2000 » Devlin DeFrancesco, Canadian race car driver

• 2000 » Ion Rațiu, Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1917)
• 2000 » Philip Jones, English trumpet player and educator (b. 1928)
• 2002 » Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
• 2002 » Roman Personov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1932)
• 2003 » Richard Crenna, American actor and director (b. 1926)
• 2004 » Harry Brecheen, American baseball player and coach (b. 1914)
• 2004 » Noble Willingham, American actor (b. 1931)
• 2004 » Ray Stark, American film producer (b. 1915)
• 2004 » Raymond Bonham Carter, English banker (b. 1929)
• 2005 » Charlie Bell, Australian businessman (b. 1960)

1. Thomas
2. Lucas
3. Daan
4. Lars
5. Ruben
6. Tim
7. David
8. Thijs
9. Jan
10. Jens
11. Tom
12. Niels
13. Robin
14. Luuk
15. Rens
16. Sam

1. Amber
2. Lisa
3. Femke
4. Anna
5. Emma
6. Sanne
7. Eloise
8. Julia
9. Eva
10. Laura
11. Sarah
12. Isabella
13. Anne
14. Fleur
15. Lotte
16. Iris

• 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
• July 1 » The International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
• July 27 » Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 77 and injuring more than 500 others, making it the deadliest air show disaster in history.
• August 30 » Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823 crashes on approach to Rio Branco International Airport, killing 23 of the 31 people on board.
• October 2 » The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
• October 29 » Ho Chi Minh City ITC fire, a fire destroys a luxurious department store where 1500 people are shopping. Over 60 people die and over 100 are unaccounted for. It is the deadliest disaster in Vietnam during peacetime.
• November 13 » During the Prestige oil spill a storm burst a tank of the oil tanker MV Prestige which was not allowed to dock and sank on November 19, 2002 off the coast of Galicia, spilling 63,000 metric tons of heavy fuel oil, more than the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill.

The temperature on January 17, 2002 was between 3.8 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.