About the day » Saturday March 17, 2007Calender converter

• Wyatt Lee Kittrell <K SSDI-Ob PqFgmcTXBu>2 fr 7, Texas ac († 2009)
• Femmigje Jantien (Jasmijn) Duker, Assen († 2007)

• Andeas Petrus van den Boogaard (82), Amsterdam
• Camille Omer CARREIN (94), La Rochelle,La ROCHELLE,La Rochelle,La Rochelle,La Rochelle
• Barbara Cook (79)
• Betje Volbeda (86), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria (Annie) Schutte (71), DR, Netherlands
• Bernardus Theodorus Josephus Veldkamp (82)
• Catharina Petronella Kemps (86), Son en Breugel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia SPAANS (85), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anje Groenhagen (98), Delfzijl
• Alice VAN BELLEGHEM (84), Sint-Niklaas,9100,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE

• 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

• 2005 » Andre Norton, American author (b. 1912)
• 2005 » George F. Kennan, American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (b. 1904)
• 2005 » Royce Frith, Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (b. 1923)
• 2006 » İstemihan Taviloğlu, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1945)
• 2006 » Oleg Cassini, French-American fashion designer (b. 1913)
• 2006 » Ray Meyer, American basketball player and coach (b. 1913)
• 2007 » John Backus, American mathematician and computer scientist, designed Fortran (b. 1924)
• 2007 » Roger Bennett, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1959)
• 2008 » Roland Arnall, French-American businessman and diplomat, 63rd United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (b. 1939)
• 2009 » Clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian television host and politician (b. 1937)

• 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 Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
• February 27 » The Chinese Correction: The Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest drop in ten years.
• April 25 » Boris Yeltsin's funeral: The first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894.
• August 22 » The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.
• September 4 » Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.
• December 20 » The Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, and O Lavrador de Café by Brazilian modernist painter Cândido Portinari, are stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art.
• December 23 » An agreement is made for the Kingdom of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state.

The temperature on March 17, 2007 was between 9.1 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (11%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.