About the day » Sunday June 17, 1962Calender converter

• Auke Gerrit de Haan, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• NN Dijk, Groningen
• Scott Michael Sells, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2020)
• Richard Hunneman († 1984)
• Neeltje Staal, Krabbendijke, Zeeland, Nederland († 2002)
• Johan de la Mar († 2018)
• Hans Loermans († 1986)
• Janny Miranda Adolfs, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 2015)
• Sebo Jan Woldringh, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1962)
• Kentie, 's-Hertogenbosch, Gemeente 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1962)

• Aaltje Post (75), IJmuiden, Nederland
• Catharina Johanna Sohl (53), Paramaribo
• Abraham TOUW Lzn (82)
• Akke Bijlsma (52), ,, Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Post (75), IJmuiden
• Alida Zoetendaal (80), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Cornelia Kalkwarf (51), De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Jacoba van Moerkerken (80)
• Alida Zoetendaal (80), Noordwijk
• Kentie (0), 's-Hertogenbosch, Gemeente 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1959 » Carol Anderson, American author and historian
• 1959 » Lawrence Haddad, South African-English economist and academic
• 1960 » Adrián Campos, Spanish race car driver
• 1960 » Thomas Haden Church, American actor
• 1961 » Kōichi Yamadera, Japanese actor and singer
• 1962 » Michael Monroe, Finnish singer-songwriter and saxophonist
• 1963 » Greg Kinnear, American actor, television presenter, and producer
• 1964 » Michael Gross, German swimmer
• 1964 » Rinaldo Capello, Italian race car driver
• 1964 » Steve Rhodes, English cricketer and coach

• 1952 » Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (b. 1914)
• 1954 » Danny Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (b. 1920)
• 1956 » Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (b. 1926)
• 1956 » Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Dorothy Richardson, English journalist and author (b. 1873)
• 1957 » J. R. Williams, Canadian-American cartoonist (b. 1888)
• 1961 » Jeff Chandler, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1963 » Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician (b. 1882)
• 1968 » José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1901)

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.
• February 10 » Roy Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition opened, and it included Look Mickey, which featured his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing, all of which he is now known for.
• March 4 » A Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 crashes shortly after takeoff from Cameroon, killing 111 - the worst crash of a DC-7.
• March 19 » Highly influential artist Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan, for Columbia Records.
• March 19 » The Algerian War of Independence ends.
• May 22 » Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board.
• August 5 » Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.

The temperature on June 17, 1962 was between 9.0 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.