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• Jan de Vries, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2017)
• "Marguerite" Marie Louise de Regnauld de Bellescize, Jallieu, Isère, France († 1994)
• Bert Kors († 1996)
• Jouni Tapio Hahta, Finland († 1979)
• Glenn Randall Enns, Regina, SK, Canada († 2001)
• Margarita Josepha Maria Biezenaar, Brunssum († 2004)
• Steven Paul JONES, Burnie, Tasmania, Australia († 2012)
• Roel Schrijver († 2019)
• Scott Nathan Stoddard, Ogden,Weber,Utah, United States († 1977)

• Arthuur Willem Leonard Scholte (62), Den Bosch(NB)
• Albert Lammerts BOERSMA (86), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Augustinus Clementius Bekaert (91), Gent (B)
• Agae Elisabeth Maria Therese van Colloredo-Mansfeld (77), Wenen
• Arthuur Willem Leonard Scholte (62), Den Bosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Augustinus Clementinus Bekaert (91), Gent
• Abram ZAAIJER Jzn (78), Vlaardingen, Rotterdam, NL-ZH
• Catharina Kroon (88), Ven-Zelderheide, Nederland
• Chris E Hatfield (75)
• Alfons Clement Heirbaut (62), ANTWERPEN

• 1962 » Lou Diamond Phillips, American actor and director
• 1963 » Alison Hargreaves, English mountaineer († 1995)
• 1963 » Jen-Hsun Huang, Taiwanese-American businessman, co-founded Nvidia
• 1963 » Larry the Cable Guy, American comedian and voice actor
• 1963 » Michael Jordan, American basketball player and actor
• 1964 » Sherry Hawco, Canadian gymnast († 1991)
• 1965 » Danny Lee, Australian rugby league player
• 1965 » Michael Bay, American director and producer
• 1966 » Luc Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player, manager, and actor
• 1966 » Quorthon, Swedish guitarist and songwriter († 2004)

• 1961 » Lütfi Kırdar, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Nita Naldi, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1962 » Bruno Walter, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1876)
• 1962 » Joseph Kearns, American actor (b. 1907)
• 1966 » Hans Hofmann, German-American painter (b. 1880)
• 1970 » Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1972 » Friday Hassler, American race car driver (b. 1935)
• 1977 » Janani Luwum, Ugandan archbishop and saint (b. 1922)
• 1979 » William Gargan, American actor (b. 1905)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Robert
5. Ronald
6. John
7. Cornelis
8. Hendrik
9. Paul
10. Pieter
11. Marcel
12. Mark
13. Richard
14. Gerrit
15. Willem
16. Johan

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Elisabeth
5. Monique
6. Yvonne
7. Cornelia
8. Jolanda
9. Anita
10. Karin
11. Ingrid
12. Catharina
13. Jacqueline
14. Wilhelmina
15. Petra
16. Caroline

• 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
• January 11 » Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.
• April 4 » The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.
• August 4 » Civil rights movement: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.
• August 13 » Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom.
• October 29 » A collection of irreplaceable gems, including the 565 carat (113 g) Star of India, is stolen by a group of thieves (among them is "Murph the surf") from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
• December 5 » Lloyd J. Old discovered the first linkage between the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and disease—mouse leukemia—opening the way for the recognition of the importance of the MHC in the immune response.

The temperature on February 17, 1964 was between -1.6 °C and 0.6 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 10.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.