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Died on Saturday May 27, 2017



Born on May 27

Died on May 27
  • 2014 » Helma Sanders-Brahms, German director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940)
  • 2014 » Massimo Vignelli, Italian-American graphic designer (b. 1931)
  • 2014 » Robert Genn, Canadian painter and author (b. 1936)
  • 2014 » Roberto Vargas, Puerto Rican-American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1929)
  • 2015 » Andy King, English footballer and manager (b. 1956)
  • 2015 » Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver (b. 1929)
  • 2015 » Michael Martin, American philosopher and academic (b. 1932)
  • 2015 » Nils Christie, Norwegian sociologist, criminologist, and author (b. 1928)
  • 2017 » Gregg Allman, American musician, singer and songwriter (b. 1947)
  • 2020 » Larry Kramer, American playwright, public health advocate and LGBT rights activist (b. 1935)

Names that were popular for boys in 2017
  1. Tijs
  2. Siem
  3. Jan
  4. Ties
  5. Daan
  6. Noah
  7. Cil
  8. Thomas
  9. Jesse
  10. Sam
  11. Bram
  12. Benjamin
  13. Liam
  14. Levi
  15. Albert
  16. Luuk
Names that were popular for girls in 2017
  1. Emma
  2. Anna
  3. Louise
  4. Tess
  5. Sophie
  6. Lynn
  7. Nora
  8. Liv
  9. Julia
  10. Eva-julie
  11. Mia
  12. Mila
  13. Juliette
  14. Nina
  15. Emily
  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.
  • January 21 » Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women's march, on Donald Trump's first full day as President of the United States.
  • February 11 » North Korea test fires a ballistic missile across the Sea of Japan.
  • March 10 » The impeachment of President Park Geun-hye of South Korea in response to a major political scandal is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending her presidency.
  • August 25 » Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category4 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2004. Over the next few days, the storm causes catastrophic flooding throughout much of eastern Texas, killing 106 people and causing $125billion in damage.
  • September 7 » The 8.2 Mw  2017 Chiapas earthquake strikes southern Mexico, killing at least 60 people.
  • October 1 » An independence referendum, declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.
Weather May 27, 2017

The temperature on May 27, 2017 was between 16.0 °C and 31.9 °C and averaged 22.9 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.

Source: KNMI