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• John Hoekman, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1989)
• ali mohammed (ali) nagati, cairo (egypte) († 2005)
• Delwyn Doppenberg, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa († 2007)
• Anita Claudia Kroon, Den Haag
• Paul André Korsaan, Nieuw Roden († 2023)
• Anna Irene Rosalia van der Wiel, Hoofddorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Jeffrey Scott Gallmeyer, Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa († 2008)
• Quirinus Jan Verhage, Biezelinge, Zeeland, NL († 1976)

• Albert Willem Bartelds (85), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Wegkamp (74), Amersfoort
• Bernardus Zandink (67)
• Antonius Mutsaarts (81), Best, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Auktje Luktje (55), Veendam
• Adriaan van Zijl (41), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Wegkamp (74), Amersfoort,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bonnell Heath (37)
• Christina Maria Blanken (60), Abcoude,Gemeente De Ronde Venen,Utrecht,Nederland
• Charles François Joseph Gabriel VAN COPPENOLLE (71), Renaix,9600,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE

• 1961 » Mansoor al-Jamri, Bahraini journalist and author
• 1962 » Galina Malchugina, Russian sprinter
• 1962 » Paul Dobson, English footballer
• 1962 » Rocco Mediate, American golfer and journalist
• 1964 » Frank Musil, Czech ice hockey player and coach
• 1964 » Joe Wolf, American basketball player and coach
• 1965 » Craig Berube, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1966 » Kristiina Ojuland, Estonian politician, 23rd Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1966 » Tracy Byrd, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1967 » Vincent Damphousse, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

• 1947 » Christos Tsigiridis, Greek engineer (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Eddie Acuff, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1957 » Dorothy L. Sayers, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
• 1962 » Thomas Mitchell, American actor (b. 1892)
• 1964 » Victor Francis Hess, Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
• 1967 » Harold Holt, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908)
• 1970 » Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian, author, and educator (b. 1896)
• 1978 » Don Ellis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1934)
• 1981 » Antiochos Evangelatos, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1903)
• 1982 » Homer S. Ferguson, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1889)

• 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 1 » The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia.
• February 1 » The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
• August 1 » The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• August 12 » South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.
• October 12 » The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew, and the first flight without pressure suits.
• October 14 » Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence.

The temperature on December 17, 1964 was between 4.4 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.