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• Liset van der Steen
• kind van Oorsouw, Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1962)
• Barbara Gayle Ballard, Jefferson County, Kentucky († 1993)
• Anna Josephina Diependaal, Goirle († 2009)
• joseph maria anna (rob) pubben, helden-beringe
• Arend Harm Nomden, Beerta, Groningen, Netherlands († 2019)
• Jozef van Hooydonck, Kappellen, Antwerpen, België († 1962)
• Gijsbert Alexander Cleyndert, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jeffery Thomas Young, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

• Arie Romijn (61), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Bernardus Schuurman (60), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Catharina_Cecilia van den Berg (81), Amsterdam
• Catharina Magdalena Kriek (71), Delft,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Alfred John ALLISON (79)
• Arthur Leon Verstrepen (53), Niel
• Antonie Burgers (60), De Lier, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Huizinga (29), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Alida Maria , van der Putten (68), Wijk aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Martinus Stuij (85), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1961 » Enya, Irish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1961 » Jamil Azzaoui, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 » Justin King, English businessman
• 1962 » Andrew Farrar, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1962 » Craig Ferguson, Scottish-American comedian, actor, and talk show host
• 1962 » Jane Moore, English journalist and author
• 1962 » Lise Lyng Falkenberg, Danish journalist and author
• 1962 » Rosalind Picard, American computer scientist and engineer, co-founded Affectiva
• 1963 » Jon Koncak, American basketball player
• 1963 » Page McConnell, American keyboard player and songwriter

• 1943 » Johanna Elberskirchen, German author and activist (b. 1864)
• 1947 » George Forbes, New Zealand farmer and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869)
• 1951 » William Birdwood, Anglo-Indian field marshal (b. 1865)
• 1960 » Jules Supervielle, Uruguayan-French poet and author (b. 1884)
• 1963 » John Wilce, American football player, coach, and physician (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Nandor Fodor, Hungarian-American psychologist and parapsychologist (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Ernest Nash, German-American photographer and scholar (b. 1898)
• 1977 » Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1980 » Gündüz Kılıç, Turkish football player and coach (b. 1918)
• 1985 » Abe Burrows, American director, composer, and author (b. 1910)

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

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

• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
• March 29 » Arturo Frondizi, the president of Argentina, is overthrown in a military coup by Argentina's armed forces, ending an 11​⁄₂ day constitutional crisis.
• June 7 » The Organisation Armée Secrète (OAS) sets fire to the University of Algiers library building, destroying about 500,000 books.
• July 30 » The Trans-Canada Highway, the longest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
• August 20 » The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered civilian ship, embarks on its maiden voyage.
• September 27 » The Yemen Arab Republic is established.
• October 13 » The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Cat 3 hurricane, with winds above 150mph. 46 people die.

The temperature on May 17, 1962 was between 8.1 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.