About the day » Wednesday December 17, 2014Calender converter

• Asselientje Nijland (78), Hardenberg
• Everdina Hendrika Brokken (85), Zutphen
• Edwin William Weeldreyer (90), Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
• Ans Guérain (83)
• Antonetta Alida Kanters (88), Merksplas, Antwerpen. Belgie
• Elizabeth Ann Crane (91), Cottage Grove, Lane, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Cornelia Vlaming (95), Bergen
• Evert Arent van Linge (71)
• Denise Elise Louise Viaene (92), Brugge-St Michiels
• Evan Carlos Llewelyn (81), Sandy, Salt Lake Co., Utah, Verenigde Staten

• 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

• 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)
• 2014 » Dieter Grau, German-American scientist and engineer (b. 1913)
• 2014 » Ivan Vekić, Croatian colonel, lawyer, and politician, Croatian Minister of the Interior (b. 1938)
• 2014 » Lowell Steward, American captain (b. 1919)
• 2014 » Oleh Lysheha, Ukrainian poet and playwright (b. 1949)
• 2014 » Richard C. Hottelet, American journalist (b. 1917)

• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called 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.
• March 16 » Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.
• March 27 » Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, ending decades of conflict.
• April 2 » A spree shooting occurs at the Fort Hood army base in Texas, with four dead, including the gunman, and 16 others injured.
• October 1 » A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.
• October 14 » The Serbia vs. Albania UEFA qualifying match is canceled after 42 minutes due to several incidents on and off the pitch. Albania is eventually awarded a win.
• December 28 » Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Karimata Strait en route from Surabaya to Singapore, killing all 162 people aboard.

The temperature on December 17, 2014 was between 3.9 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 6.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.