About the day » Monday June 17, 1963Calender converter

• Damien Peter Kerr, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland († 2015)
• Jan Pomp, Nieuw-Buinen († 2015)
• Morris Dean JOHNSON, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America († 2004)
• Robert Jesse Martinez, Harris, Texas († 1970)
• Trieneke van der Veen, Ommen († 1963)
• jan johannes (hans) van ravenswaaij, zeist
• Peter Rense († 1997)
• Heather Marie Campbell, California,Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Harmina Jantje Honning, Holsloot, Sleen († 2017)

• Alberdina ter Haar (59), Arnhem
• Antonia Botterman (57), Rotterdam
• Antonia BOTTERMAN (57), Rotterdam
• Alfred de Graeve (79), Dendermonde, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Adolphus Lloyd Ward (50)
• Catharina (tante Rina) Versloot (72), Baarn
• Adeline Agnes HOWES (67), Kettering, Northamptonshire
• Adrianus Franciscus SCHELLEKENS (44), 's Gravenhage
• Dina Huijsson (69), Kloetinge, ZL, NL
• Cornelia Brouwer (82), Oost-en West Souburg

• 1960 » Adrián Campos, Spanish race car driver
• 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
• 1965 » Dan Jansen, American speed skater and sportscaster
• 1965 » Dara O'Kearney, Irish runner and poker player
• 1965 » Dermontti Dawson, American football player 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. 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.
• January 22 » The Élysée Treaty of cooperation between France and Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer.
• February 12 » Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.
• April 16 » Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
• May 8 » South Vietnamese soldiers under the Roman Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem open fire on Buddhists defying a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesak, killing nine and sparking the Buddhist crisis.
• August 24 » Buddhist crisis: As a result of the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids, the US State Department cables the United States Embassy, Saigon to encourage Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals to launch a coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm if he did not remove his brother Ngô Đình Nhu.
• December 7 » Instant replay makes its debut during the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

The temperature on June 17, 1963 was between 12.8 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.