About the day » Friday May 17, 2002Calender converter

• Brandon Alexander Mertens, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Tijmen Jasper Siertsema, Zwartsluis, Zwartsluis, Overijssel, Nederland
• Mariska Maria Anna Cornelia Clemens, Eindhoven

• Adrianus Berkelaar (88)
• Algy Lee Vanderpool (63), Feasterville Trevose, Bucks, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Dikken (76), Glanerbrug
• Adriaan Gerardus Schrijver (76)
• Anna Dikken (76), Glanerbrug, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bernardus Christianus Martens (86), Oudenbosch,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Berkelaar (88), Wilnis
• Antonius Adrianus Jozef Vermin (100), Maassluis
• Aaltje Weis (82), Kaapstad,, Zuid-Afrika
• Charles Dean Clogston (76), Marietta, Washington, Ohio, Verenigde Staten

• 1989 » Mose Masoe, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1989 » Rain Raadik, Estonian basketball player
• 1989 » Tessa Virtue, Canadian ice dancer
• 1990 » Charlie Gubb, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1990 » Fabian Giefer, German footballer
• 1990 » Guido Pella, Argentine tennis player
• 1990 » Katrina Hart, English runner
• 1991 » Abigail Raye, Canadian field hockey player
• 1991 » Adil Omar, Pakistani rapper and music producer
• 1991 » Johanna Konta, Australian-English tennis player

• 1999 » Bruce Fairbairn, Canadian trumpet player and producer (b. 1949)
• 1999 » Lembit Oll, Estonian chess Grandmaster (b. 1966)
• 2000 » Donald Coggan, English archbishop (b. 1909)
• 2001 » Frank G. Slaughter, American physician and author (b. 1908)
• 2001 » Jacques-Louis Lions, French mathematician (b. 1928)
• 2002 » Aşık Mahzuni Şerif, Turkish poet and composer (b. 1940)
• 2002 » László Kubala, Hungarian-Spanish footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1927)
• 2004 » Ezzedine Salim, Iraqi politician (b. 1943)
• 2004 » Jørgen Nash, Danish poet and painter (b. 1920)
• 2004 » Tony Randall, American actor (b. 1920)

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. Stijn

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

• 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.
• May 9 » The 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem comes to an end when the Palestinians inside agree to have 13 suspected terrorists among them deported to several different countries.
• May 10 » FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Russia for $1.4million in cash and diamonds.
• May 28 » The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City.
• June 29 » Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.
• October 26 » Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian special forces troops storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.
• December 27 » Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.

The temperature on May 17, 2002 was between 7.5 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (86%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.