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• Maria Josephina (Ria) Damhuis,, Bussem († 2002)
• Jan Tempel († 2018)
• Trijntje Cente Hoek, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Mark Lionel THORN, Nelson, New Zealand († 1991)
• Trijntje Hoek, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Trijntje Hoek, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Rena Gail Dul, Westlock, Alberta, Canada
• Berend Hendrik Boer, Ter Apelkanaal
• Johannes Hendrikus van Koert, Amsterdam († 1964)
• Bobby Floyd Statzer, Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 2000)

• Alida Baijens (63), Groningen
• Arie de Ruiter (85)
• Adrianus Johannes Suijkerbuijk (79), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Jansen (78), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis Jansen (78), Harderwijk
• Anna Maria Somers (79), Wijlre, Nederland
• Elisabeth Slijkerman (68), Warmenhuizen
• Alida Veer (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Atte Cornelis Visser (56), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Soemers (79), Wijlre, Limburg, Nederland

• 1962 » Baz Luhrmann, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 » Dustin Nguyen, Vietnamese-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 » Hesham Qandil, Egyptian engineer and politician, 51st Prime Minister of Egypt
• 1962 » Wayne Riley, Australian golfer
• 1963 » James Urbaniak, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 » Masahiro Chono, American-Japanese wrestler and manager
• 1965 » Bryan Singer, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1965 » Guy Picciotto, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1965 » Kyle Chandler, American actor
• 1965 » Yuji Naka, Japanese video game designer, created Sonic the Hedgehog

• 1951 » Jimmy Yancey, American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1953 » David Munson, American runner (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Hans Feige, German general (Wehrmacht) (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Adnan Menderes, Turkish lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1899)
• 1965 » Alejandro Casona, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor and actor (b. 1930)
• 1971 » Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain (b. 1937)
• 1972 » Akim Tamiroff, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1973 » Hugo Winterhalter, American bandleader and composer (b. 1909)
• 1975 » Nicola Moscona, Greek-American singer-songwriter (b. 1907)

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.
• January 13 » In Manchester, New Hampshire, fourteen-year-old Pamela Mason is murdered. Edward Coolidge is tried and convicted of the crime, but the conviction is set aside by the landmark Fourth Amendment case Coolidge v. New Hampshire (1971).
• February 10 » Melbourne–Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMASMelbourne collides with and sinks the destroyer HMASVoyager off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, killing 82.
• April 11 » Brazilian Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco is elected President by the National Congress.
• 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 27 » South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Khánh enters into a triumvirate power-sharing arrangement with rival generals Trần Thiện Khiêm and Dương Văn Minh, who had both been involved in plots to unseat Khánh.

The temperature on September 17, 1964 was between 9.3 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.