About the day » Thursday March 17, 2016Calender converter

• Aaltje Plat (89)
• Frederik Stigter (88), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna F. Adema (93)
• Gusta Vanpelt (87), Geel (B), België
• Antje de Vries (93), Akkrum
• Elza Ballet (87), Hasselt, België
• Andries Cornelis Dirk (André) Boerstra (91), Den Haag
• Douwina van Beets (79), Chatham (Kent), Ontario
• Christina Maria Felix (94), Steenwijk
• Andreas Hermannus Bosscher (69)

• 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

• 2013 » Lawrence Fuchs, American scholar and academic (b. 1927)
• 2013 » William B. Caldwell III, American general (b. 1925)
• 2014 » Joseph Kerman, American musicologist and critic (b. 1924)
• 2014 » Marek Galiński, Polish cyclist (b. 1974)
• 2014 » Rachel Lambert Mellon, American gardener, philanthropist, art collector and political patron (b. 1910)
• 2015 » Frank Perris, Canadian motorcycle racer (b. 1931)
• 2016 » Meir Dagan, Israeli general (b. 1945)
• 2016 » Zoltán Kamondi, Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1960)
• 2018 » Mike MacDonald, Canadian comedian (b. 1954)
• 2018 » Phan Văn Khải, the fifth Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1933)

1. Lucas
2. Benjamin
3. Tijn
4. Jan
5. Max
6. Levi
7. Mats
8. Boaz
9. Jesse
10. Alexander
11. Oscar
12. Jacob
13. Thijs
14. Liam
15. Ruben
16. Lars

1. Emma
2. Sophie
3. Olivia
4. Charlotte
5. Nora
6. Eva
7. Mila
8. Isa
9. Zoë
10. Feline
11. Femke
12. Sara
13. Fleur
14. Julia
15. Ilse
16. Lola

• 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 17.0 million citizens.
• January 16 » Thirty-three out of 126 freed hostages are injured and 23 killed in terrorist attacks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on a hotel and a nearby restaurant.
• February 12 » Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches since their split in 1054.
• August 21 » The closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, takes place.
• September 19 » In the wake of a manhunt, the suspect in a series of bombings in New York and New Jersey is apprehended after a shootout with police.
• November 2 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, ending the longest Major League Baseball championship drought at 108 years.
• December 25 » A Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 carrying members of the Alexandrov Ensemble crashes into the Black Sea shortly after takeoff, killing all 92 people on board.

The average temperature on March 17, 2016 was 5.7 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (86%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.