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• Elizabeth Soule, Dubuque, Iowa († 2014)
• Lutgarde Onkelinx, Sint-Truiden, België († 2024)
• Robert Holtrop, Rotterdam († 1995)
• Suzanne Marie Joliat, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Barendina Hietkamp, Doorwerth († 1970)
• Godelieve Josepha CUYPERS, Zutendaal (Limburg) (B) († 1963)
• Liesbeth Werkman, Spijk, Bierum, Groningen, Nederland († 1978)
• Frank Thierie, Sint-Truiden († 2008)
• Gijsbertha Dalhuisen, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1965)
• Gijsbertjha Dalhuisen, Apeldoorn († 1965)

• Aldegonda Hubertina Christina Haegens (70)
• Catharina Johanna Clemans (79), Boxtel
• Christiaan Jacobus van Lint (85), Eindhoven
• Christiaan den Braber (82), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas van der Tuuk (86), Sappemeer
• Antonius Strik (80), Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Beulah Evelyn Ellis Walker [sMcsSSDI] (56), Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California
• August Edelschaap (50), Roosendaal, Roosendaal, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Sophia Huge (85), Leiden
• Albertus Botter (60), Hoogeveen,, Drenthe, Nederland

• 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
• 1964 » Mauro Martini, Italian race car driver
• 1964 » Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player († 1999)
• 1964 » Stratos Apostolakis, Greek footballer and coach

• 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. 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.
• February 12 » Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.
• June 16 » In an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam, a Joint Communique was signed between President Ngo Dinh Diem and Buddhist leaders.
• June 24 » The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government.
• July 26 » Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.
• August 21 » Xá Lợi Pagoda raids: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalizes Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
• November 23 » The BBC broadcasts An Unearthly Child (starring William Hartnell), the first episode of the first story from the first series of Doctor Who, which is now the world's longest running science fiction drama.

The temperature on May 17, 1963 was between 2.8 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.