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• Dirk PISANE, Dendermonde († 1984)
• Chris Houpts, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1995)
• Rodney Brian Dykshoorn, Abbotsford, Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada
• Michael John Delahaij, San Bruno,San Mateo County,California,Verenigde Staten († 1965)
• Elisabeth Annetje Dekker, Baarn († 1965)
• Bert van Ginkel († 2009)
• Tonny SNEPVANGERS, Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1965)
• Tony Snepvangers, Woensdrecht († 1965)
• Marina BEEKHOF, Amsterdam
• Leroy Harold Sticht († 1973)

• Anna Margaretha Longerich (56), Sittard (Sittard-Geleen), Limburg, Nederland
• Bartus Valkenburg (64), Enschede,Enschede,Overijssel,Nederland
• Adriana van Vught (73), Eindhoven
• Catharina Harrewijn (87), Ekeren
• Bernardina Wilhelmina FILET (82), Apeldoorn
• Catharina Vesters (77), Erp, Nederland
• Anna M Wilmes (76), Omaha, City of Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States
• Antoine Joseph Mathijs (71), Sint-Truiden, België
• Barbara Chase
• Barbara Dempsey Chase (46), Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, Royaume-Uni

• 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)

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
• February 19 » Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and a communist spy of the North Vietnamese Viet Minh, along with Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Trần Thiện Khiêm, all Catholics, attempt a coup against the military junta of the Buddhist Nguyễn Khánh.
• February 20 » Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts.
• August 1 » Frank Herbert's novel, Dune was published for the first time. It was named as the world's best-selling science fiction novel in 2003.
• September 17 » The Battle of Chawinda is fought between Pakistan and India.
• November 8 » The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands.
• December 9 » Kecksburg UFO incident: A fireball is seen from Michigan to Pennsylvania; witnesses report something crashing in the woods near Pittsburgh.

The temperature on February 17, 1965 was between -1.9 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.