About the day » Tuesday December 17, 2013Calender converter

• Engelina Rijkens (80)
• Cornelia Maria Johanna Vorstenbosch (69), Drunen
• Cameron Bespolka (16)
• Hendrika Theresia Kortink (86), Enschede
• Geertje van Asselt (76)
• Frederik Hollander (81), Emmen
• Everett John Hooyer (85), Newbury, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
• Eugenie Marie Passer (90)
• Gerritje Liet (94), Nijmegen
• cornelis van RIETSCHOTEN (87), portugal

• 1992 » Joshua Ingram, Canadian drummer and percussionist
• 1992 » Quinton de Kock, South African cricketer
• 1993 » Patricia Kú Flores, Peruvian tennis player
• 1994 » Lloyd Perrett, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1994 » Nat Wolff, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player and actor
• 1996 » Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Russian figure skater
• 1997 » Naiktha Bains, British-Australian tennis player
• 1997 » Shoma Uno, Japanese figure skater
• 1998 » Jasmine Armfield, English actress
• 1998 » Martin Ødegaard, Norwegian footballer

• 2012 » Daniel Inouye, American captain and politician (b. 1924)
• 2012 » James Gower, American priest and activist, co-founded the College of the Atlantic (b. 1922)
• 2012 » Laurier LaPierre, Canadian historian, journalist, and politician (b. 1929)
• 2012 » Richard Adams, Filipino-American activist (b. 1947)
• 2013 » Conny van Rietschoten, Dutch sailor (b. 1926)
• 2013 » Fred Bruemmer, Latvian-Canadian photographer (b. 1929)
• 2013 » Janet Rowley, American geneticist and biologist (b. 1925)
• 2013 » Ricardo María Carles Gordó, Spanish cardinal (b. 1926)
• 2013 » Richard Heffner, American historian and television host (b. 1925)
• 2013 » Tetsurō Kashibuchi, Japanese drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1950)

• 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, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
• January 4 » A gunman kills eight people in a house-to-house rampage in Kawit, Cavite, Philippines.
• February 18 » Armed robbers steal a haul of diamonds worth $50 million during a raid at Brussels Airport in Belgium.
• April 3 » More than 50 people die in floods resulting from record-breaking rainfall in La Plata and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• April 9 » A 6.1–magnitude earthquake strikes Iran killing 32 people and injuring over 850 people.
• June 7 » A gunman opens fire at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, after setting a house on fire nearby, killing six people, including the suspect.
• August 14 » UPS Airlines Flight 1354 crashes short of the runway at Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport, killing both crew members on board.

The temperature on December 17, 2013 was between 5.2 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.