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• Arie van der Linden, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Wijnanda Paulina Brugts, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Maria Bernadetta (marie) Steur, Volendam († 2022)
• Madeleine Clement, Masson, Quebec, Canada
• Mattheus Donders, Tilburg († 1963)
• Inge Herman van Zalk, Hengelo († 2002)
• Pamela Young, Freeport New York († 1967)
• Johan Wisselink, Hardenberg († 2010)
• Neeltje Maria van Duijvenvoorde, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1976)
• Eric Huisson, Amsterdam († 2013)

• Adriana Geertruida Scheffers (79), Rotterdam
• Auke Koning (70), leermens
• Albert Meekhof (76), Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna van Elzakker (81), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• "Yves" Gaston Valentin Ghislain Marie Joseph de Thomaz de Bossierre (55), Schaerbeek, Bruxelles, Belgique
• Adriana de Wit (79), Rotterdam
• Anna Petronella Maria de Groot (83), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Hogenaar (80), Baarn, Nederland
• Attje Gremmer (83), Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands
• Bertus Doornbos (79), Chicago,, Illinois, Verenigde Staten

• 1961 » Andrey Korotayev, Russian anthropologist, historian, and sociologist
• 1961 » Angela Eagle, English politician, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
• 1961 » Maria Eagle, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
• 1962 » Lou Diamond Phillips, American actor and director
• 1963 » Alison Hargreaves, English mountaineer († 1995)
• 1963 » Jen-Hsun Huang, Taiwanese-American businessman, co-founded Nvidia
• 1963 » Larry the Cable Guy, American comedian and voice actor
• 1963 » Michael Jordan, American basketball player and actor
• 1964 » Sherry Hawco, Canadian gymnast († 1991)
• 1965 » Michael Bay, American director and producer

• 1961 » Lütfi Kırdar, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Nita Naldi, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1962 » Bruno Walter, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1876)
• 1962 » Joseph Kearns, American actor (b. 1907)
• 1966 » Hans Hofmann, German-American painter (b. 1880)
• 1970 » Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1972 » Friday Hassler, American race car driver (b. 1935)
• 1977 » Janani Luwum, Ugandan archbishop and saint (b. 1922)
• 1979 » William Gargan, American actor (b. 1905)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Robert
4. Peter
5. Hendrik
6. John
7. Cornelis
8. Ronald
9. Willem
10. Pieter
11. Paul
12. Johan
13. Gerrit
14. Dirk
15. David
16. Michael

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Elisabeth
5. Cornelia
6. Yvonne
7. Monique
8. Ingrid
9. Jolanda
10. Catharina
11. Linda
12. Wilhelmina
13. Karin
14. Adriana
15. Anita
16. Jacqueline

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.9 million citizens.
• May 22 » Greek left-wing politician Grigoris Lambrakis is shot in an assassination attempt, and dies five days later.
• July 7 » Buddhist crisis: The police of Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of President Ngo Dinh Diem, attacked a group of American journalists who were covering a protest.
• August 8 » Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal £2.6million in bank notes.
• August 15 » President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of the Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
• November 2 » South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm is assassinated following a military coup.
• November 25 » President John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.; his assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, is buried on the same day in Fort Worth, Texas.

The temperature on February 17, 1963 was between -3.2 °C and -0.3 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.