About the day » Wednesday September 17, 2008Calender converter

• Edward Egbert Boeve (96), Holland (Ottawa County) (Michigan)
• Egidio Carnevali (67), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Dorothy Vollink (92), Orange County, California
• "Raoul" Robert Marie Grout de Beaufort (84), Tonneins, Lot-et-Garonne, France
• Egbert Boeve (96), Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Franciscus Hazenberg (91), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Niederlande
• Christiane Le Lejeune d'Allegeershecque (80), Woluwe St. Lambert
• Aafje Bult (89), Oosterwolde, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Carl Emil Mosness (83), Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Lucia Baars (81), Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1987 » Paul Huntington, English footballer
• 1989 » Kate Deines, American soccer player
• 1990 » Pixie Geldof, English model and singer
• 1990 » Sean Scannell, English footballer
• 1991 » Cameron King, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Justyna Jegiołka, Polish tennis player
• 1991 » Ryo Ishikawa, Japanese golfer
• 1993 » Sofiane Boufal, Moroccan footballer
• 1993 » Sophie Howard, Scottish footballer
• 1997 » Auston Matthews, American ice hockey player

• 2003 » Erich Hallhuber, German actor (b. 1951)
• 2005 » Alfred Reed, American composer and educator (b. 1921)
• 2005 » Jacques Lacarrière, French journalist and critic (b. 1925)
• 2009 » Dick Durock, American stuntman and actor (b. 1937)
• 2009 » Noordin Mohammad Top, Malaysian terrorist (b. 1968)
• 2011 » Colin Madigan, Australian architect and author, designed the National Gallery of Australia (b. 1921)
• 2012 » Lou Kenton, English soldier and potter (b. 1908)
• 2012 » Melvin Charney, Canadian sculptor and architect (b. 1935)
• 2012 » Russell E. Train, American soldier and civil servant (b. 1920)
• 2013 » Kristian Gidlund, Swedish drummer and journalist (b. 1983)

• 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 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 16.4 million citizens.
• June 11 » The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is launched into orbit.
• August 18 » President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf resigns under threat of impeachment.
• September 12 » The 2008 Chatsworth train collision in Los Angeles between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train kills 25 people.
• October 15 » The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst percentage drop in the Dow's history.
• November 25 » Cyclone Nisha strikes northern Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in nine decades.
• November 27 » XL Airways Germany Flight 888T: An Airbus A320 performing a flight test crashes near the French commune of Canet-en-Roussillon, killing all seven people on board.

The temperature on September 17, 2008 was between 6.8 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.