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• Becky Elizabeth Barnes († 1991)
• Wilhelmus Oosterbroek, Deventer († 2012)
• ludovicus jacobus maria (ludo) vercoulen, helden-dorp († 2010)
• Bob Verseput, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Lori Lee Sutherland, fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Eelke Cornelis Corneliszn. Baarda, Oosterend, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2012)
• N.N. van den Donker, Rotterdam († 1963)
• Sonja van Wagtendonk, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1963)
• Wilhelmus Oosterbroek, Deventer,, Overijssel, Nederland († 2012)
• Donald E. Squyres Jr, Harris, Texas († 1967)

• Donia Roelofs (Diana) Kingma (75), East Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Rutgerus Rotteveel (70), Sassenheim, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Doetje Freerks Spriensma (81), Groningen
• Bertha Jane Peake (86), Scarborough, Western Australia, Australia
• Charles Eduard Louis Brinkman (72), Zeist
• Anna Johanna Bakema (86), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Elisa Maria Veyt (70), Dendermonde, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen
• Bregtje Pieterdr Kooij (71), Heerhugowaard, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Welling (64), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Jacobus Voorderhaak (68), Haarlem

• 1960 » Kim Barnett, English cricketer and coach
• 1960 » Mark Burnett, English-American screenwriter and producer
• 1961 » António Costa, Portuguese politician, 119th Prime Minister of Portugal
• 1961 » Jeremy Hardy, English comedian and actor († 2019)
• 1963 » Letsie III of Lesotho
• 1963 » Matti Nykänen, Finnish ski jumper and singer († 2019)
• 1963 » Regina Belle, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1964 » Heather Langenkamp, American actress and producer
• 1965 » Alex Winter, English-American actor, film director and screenwriter
• 1965 » Craig Morgan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1950 » Antonie Nedošinská, Czech actress (b. 1885)
• 1950 » Evangeline Booth, English 4th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1865)
• 1959 » Billie Holiday, American singer (b. 1915)
• 1959 » Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (b. 1879)
• 1961 » Emin Halid Onat, Turkish architect and academic (b. 1908)
• 1961 » Ty Cobb, American baseball player and manager (b. 1886)
• 1967 » John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1926)
• 1974 » Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1910)
• 1975 » Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (b. 1893)

• 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 8 » Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
• May 2 » Berthold Seliger launches a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres near Cuxhaven. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany.
• June 17 » A day after South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm announced the Joint Communiqué to end the Buddhist crisis, a riot involving around 2,000 people breaks out. One person is killed.
• June 26 » Cold War: U.S. President John F. Kennedy gave his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, underlining the support of the United States for democratic West Germany shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall.
• July 26 » An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead.
• 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.

The temperature on July 17, 1963 was between 12.0 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (25%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.