About the day » Thursday October 17, 1963Calender converter

• Siegfried Helmut Liebner, Pretoria (SA)
• René CLAES, Leuven Vlaams Brabant († 2000)
• Woutrina Johanna Cornelia Maria Appels, Culemborg
• Johan Smit († 1976)
• Connie Bozuwa, Papendrecht († 2008)
• hendrikus helena marie (henk) peeters, helden-panningen
• Patrick Raymond Albert THERRY, Dakar,Sénégal,Afrique († 1993)
• Wendy Eaine Timmer
• Jurgen Van de Graaf, Temse († 1982)
• Edwin Francisca, Curaçao

• Aagje Klaasdr Hoogvorst (82), Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Nijdam (84)
• Donald Wylie Findlay (56), Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Johannes Staal (91), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albert Wessels (77), Westerhaar, Nederland
• Casimir Baptist (79), Hasselt, België
• Alberdina Geertruida Musters (77), Sappemeer
• Anna Maria van Dorsser (89), Nijmegen
• Dirk de Vries * (62), Steenwijk
• Constance Frederique Bosscha Erdbrink (53), Napier, Nieuw-Zeeland

• 1961 » David Means, American short story writer
• 1962 » Glenn Braggs, American baseball player
• 1962 » Jay Humphries, American basketball player
• 1962 » Mike Judge, American animator, director, screenwriter, producer and actor
• 1963 » Sergio Goycochea, Argentinian footballer and journalist
• 1963 » Toby Young, English journalist and academic
• 1964 » Gregg Wallace, English television presenter
• 1964 » Margarita Liborio Arrazola, Mexican politician
• 1965 » Aravinda de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1965 » Rhys Muldoon, Australian actor

• 1956 » Anne Crawford, Israeli-English actress (b. 1920)
• 1958 » Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (b. 1896)
• 1962 » Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter, costume designer, and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician and academic (b. 1865)
• 1965 » Bart King, American cricketer (b. 1873)
• 1966 » Sidney Hatch, American runner and soldier (b. 1883)
• 1966 » Wieland Wagner, German director and manager (b. 1917)
• 1967 » Puyi, Chinese emperor (b. 1906)
• 1970 » Pierre Laporte, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1921)

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. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Yvonne
7. Monique
8. Ingrid
9. Jolanda
10. Catharina
11. Linda
12. Karin
13. Wilhelmina
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.
• January 29 » The first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced.
• April 30 » The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom.
• June 11 » American Civil Rights Movement: Governor of Alabama George Wallace defiantly stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized National Guard troops, they are able to register.
• October 12 » After nearly 23 years of imprisonment, Reverend Walter Ciszek, a Jesuit missionary, was released from the Soviet Union.
• October 31 » A propane tank explosion at the Indiana State Fair Coliseum (now the Indiana Farmers Coliseum) in Indianapolis kills 74 people and injures another 400 during an ice skating show.
• November 22 » U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald, who also kills Dallas Police officer J. D. Tippit after fleeing the scene. U.S Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th President of the United States afterwards.

The temperature on October 17, 1963 was between 7.9 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.