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• Stacey Lyn Schumann, Kingsville, Kleberg Cnty, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2022)
• Cornelis Johannes Maria Kimenai, Dongen
• Connie Vanderveen, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2017)
• Herman Mondria, Hattem († 1966)
• Cornelis Hoek, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Wouter Natter, Baarn († 2000)
• Petronella Jacoba Maria Cardinaal, Leende, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Kevin Dann († 2022)
• Joni Dee van Hunnick, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, VS († 1965)

• Bernardus Gerhardus Kleynhans (72), Kroonstad, Free State, South Africa
• Antje van Lang (43), Oostwold(old)
• Charles Worrell Moore (54), Houston, Harris, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana den Braver (59)
• Arnolda Maria MARTIN (83), Nijmegen (Gelderland) (NL)
• Adrianus Loffeld (80), Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Loffeld (80), Sint-Oedenrode (Noord-Brabant)
• Cornelia van Rijckevorsel (64), Breda
• August Bernard Geirnaert (81), Eke
• Cornelis Johannes Flos (78), Amersfoort

• 1963 » Jon Koncak, American basketball player
• 1964 » Mauro Martini, Italian race car driver
• 1964 » Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player († 1999)
• 1964 » Stratos Apostolakis, Greek footballer and coach
• 1965 » Jeremy Vine, English journalist and author
• 1965 » Trent Reznor, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer
• 1966 » Danny Manning, American basketball player and coach
• 1966 » Gilles Quénéhervé, French sprinter
• 1966 » Mark Kratzmann, Australian tennis player and coach
• 1966 » Qusay Hussein, Iraqi soldier and politician († 2003)

• 1943 » Johanna Elberskirchen, German author and activist (b. 1864)
• 1947 » George Forbes, New Zealand farmer and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869)
• 1951 » William Birdwood, Anglo-Indian field marshal (b. 1865)
• 1960 » Jules Supervielle, Uruguayan-French poet and author (b. 1884)
• 1963 » John Wilce, American football player, coach, and physician (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Nandor Fodor, Hungarian-American psychologist and parapsychologist (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Ernest Nash, German-American photographer and scholar (b. 1898)
• 1977 » Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1980 » Gündüz Kılıç, Turkish football player and coach (b. 1918)
• 1985 » Abe Burrows, American director, composer, and author (b. 1910)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Robert
5. Cornelis
6. Ronald
7. Hendrik
8. Willem
9. John
10. Richard
11. Paul
12. Hans
13. Michael
14. Pieter
15. Eric
16. Johan

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Monique
4. Elisabeth
5. Ingrid
6. Anna
7. Cornelia
8. Yvonne
9. Jolanda
10. Petra
11. Catharina
12. Linda
13. Anita
14. Karin
15. Jacqueline
16. Wilhelmina

• 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.
• March 19 » The wreck of the SSGeorgiana, valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is discovered by teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence, exactly 102 years after its destruction.
• August 11 » Race riots (the Watts Riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
• September 7 » During an Indo-Pakistani War, China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
• September 9 » Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion ($10–12 billion in 2005 dollars) in damages, becoming the first hurricane to cause over $1 billion in unadjusted damage.
• October 28 » Pope Paul VI promulgates Nostra aetate, by which the Church officially recognizes the legitimacy of non-Christian faiths.
• December 16 » Vietnam War: General William Westmoreland sends U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara a request for 243,000 more men by the end of 1966.

The temperature on May 17, 1965 was between 11.2 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (11%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.