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Died on Thursday December 7, 2017



Born on December 7

Died on December 7
  • 2013 » Édouard Molinaro, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
  • 2013 » Chick Willis, American singer and guitarist (b. 1934)
  • 2014 » Mark Lewis, American author and educator (b. 1954)
  • 2015 » Gerhard Lenski, American sociologist and academic (b. 1924)
  • 2015 » Hyron Spinrad, American astronomer and academic (b. 1934)
  • 2015 » Jesse C. Deen, American soldier and politician (b. 1922)
  • 2015 » Peter Westbury, English race car driver (b. 1938)
  • 2016 » Greg Lake, English musician (b. 1947)
  • 2016 » Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani recording artist, television personality, fashion designer, occasional actor, singer-songwriter and preacher. (b. 1964)
  • 2019 » Ron Saunders, English football player and manager (b.1932)

Names that were popular for boys in 2017
  1. Tijs
  2. Siem
  3. Jan
  4. Ties
  5. Daan
  6. Cil
  7. Noah
  8. Bram
  9. Thomas
  10. Sam
  11. Jesse
  12. Benjamin
  13. Liam
  14. Luuk
  15. Albert
  16. Luca
Names that were popular for girls in 2017
  1. Emma
  2. Anna
  3. Louise
  4. Sophie
  5. Tess
  6. Lynn
  7. Nora
  8. Liv
  9. Eva-julie
  10. Julia
  11. Juliette
  12. Mia
  13. Mila
  14. Charlotte
  15. Nina
  16. Lena

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2017
  • 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.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • The Netherlands had about 17.1 million citizens.
  • April 3 » A bomb explodes in the St Petersburg metro system, killing 14 and injuring several more people.
  • May 31 » A car bomb explodes in a crowded intersection in Kabul near the German embassy during rush hour, killing over 90 and injuring 463.
  • May 31 » U.S. President Donald Trump tweets the word "covfefe" and quickly becomes a worldwide viral phenomenon.
  • June 3 » London Bridge attack: Eight people are murdered and dozens of civilians are wounded by Islamist terrorists. Three of the attackers are shot dead by the police.
  • June 5 » Montenegro becomes the 29th member of the NATO.
  • October 12 » The United States announces its decision to withdraw from UNESCO. and is immediately followed by Israel.
Weather December 7, 2017

The temperature on December 7, 2017 was between 4.3 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.

Source: KNMI