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• Tonny SNEPVANGERS, Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1965)
• Elisabeth Annetje Dekker, Baarn († 1965)
• Tony Snepvangers, Woensdrecht († 1965)
• Michael John Delahaij, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, Verenigde Staten († 1965)
• Chris Houpts, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1995)
• Bert van Ginkel († 2009)
• Marina BEEKHOF, Amsterdam
• Dirk PISANE, Dendermonde († 1984)

• Bernardina Wilhelmina FILET (82), Apeldoorn
• Aalt Bruinekool (81)
• Adriana van Vught (73), Eindhoven
• Carolus Jennes (85), Veerle 2431, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Adriana van Esch (84), Eindhoven
• Barbara Petronella Hubertina Vaessen (58), Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland
• Alice Adeline GUNTER (85), Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Vesters (77), Erp, Nederland
• * Antonius Brokx (80), Lage Mierde
• Barteld Jan WOLTHUIS (65), Groningen Groningen Netherlands

• 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 » Danny Lee, Australian rugby league player
• 1965 » Michael Bay, American director and producer
• 1966 » Luc Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player, manager, and actor
• 1966 » Quorthon, Swedish guitarist and songwriter († 2004)

• 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. Peter
4. Robert
5. Cornelis
6. Ronald
7. Hendrik
8. Willem
9. John
10. Richard
11. Paul
12. Hans
13. Michael
14. Pieter
15. Eric
16. Johan

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

• 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
• January 9 » The Mirzapur Cadet College formally opens for academic activities in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
• March 7 » Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers is brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama.
• March 8 » Thirty-five hundred United States Marines are the first American land combat forces committed during the Vietnam War.
• March 30 » Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the United States Embassy, Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others.
• April 29 » Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) successfully launches its seventh rocket in its Rehber series.
• November 8 » The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty in the United Kingdom, except in cases of high treason, "piracy with violence" (piracy with intent to kill or cause grievous bodily harm), arson in royal dockyards and espionage, as well as other capital offences under military law. The death penalty would be abolished in all cases in 1998.

The temperature on February 17, 1965 was between -1.9 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.