About the day » Wednesday June 17, 1964Calender converter

• Lodolf Broeze, ijpelo
• Sylvia Hendriks, Den Haag
• Hans van Ginneken

• Adriaantje van Meerkerk (84), Den Haag
• Aaltje Slomp (64), Enschede
• Adrianus Johannes (Arie) van Diepen (65), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Verhoof (83), Tilburg
• Arie van Diepen (65), Hoorn
• Aalbertje van Hal (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Verhoof (83), Tilburg (Noord-Brabant)
• Adrianus Johannes (Arie) van Diepen (65), Hoorn, NH, Nederland
• Bessie Everard Harris Rowland <sKBs> (82)
• Clasina Overdevest (87), Wassenaar

• 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
• 1966 » Mohammed Ghazy Al-Akhras, Iraqi journalist and author
• 1966 » Tory Burch, American fashion designer and philanthropist

• 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)
• 1974 » Refik Koraltan, Turkish lawyer and politician, 8th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1889)

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 9 » Martyrs' Day: Several Panamanian youths try to raise the Panamanian flag in the U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone, leading to fighting between U.S. military and Panamanian civilians.
• April 1 » The British Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry are replaced by a unified Defence Council of the United Kingdom.
• May 5 » The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day.
• August 28 » The Philadelphia race riot begins.
• October 1 » Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
• 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 June 17, 1964 was between 7.9 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.