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

• Abram ZAAIJER Jzn (78), Vlaardingen, Rotterdam, NL-ZH
• Catharina Kroon (88), Ven-Zelderheide, Nederland
• Adrianus Erkelens (84), Alblasserdam
• Anne (Andrew) Jans Hamstra (77), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Asa Elwood Wilcox (70), Lassen, California
• Aaltje Valkenburg (76), Haarlem
• Alice Craig Hollopeter (68)
• Augustinus Clementius Bekaert (91), Gent (B)
• Arnoldus Gerardus van Sommeren (75), Leeuwen (Ge), Gelderland, Nederland
• Annigje Boonstoppel (93), 's-Gravenhage

• 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. Richard
13. Mark
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. Ingrid
11. Karin
12. Catharina
13. Wilhelmina
14. Jacqueline
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 12 » Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic.
• February 27 » The Government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
• July 31 » Ranger program: Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the moon, with images 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound telescopes.
• 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 16 » China detonates its first nuclear weapon.
• December 24 » Flying Tiger Line Flight 282 crashes after takeoff from San Francisco International Airport, killing three.

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.