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• Antonius Petrus Konst, Makkum, Friesland, Nederland
• Riesje Catharina Willemse, Zierikzee († 1967)
• Kenneth Alton Todd ****, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Ronald de Bont, Groningen
• Esther Maria Klomp, Hapert († 2016)
• (Stillborn) WUBS, Onstwedde Groningen Netherlands († 1967)

• Adrianus Goekoop (94), Oegstgeest
• Alina Juliana Mechtildis LEEN (73), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Alberdina Wolthuis (56), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Caroline Mae Nantz (70)
• Carolina Catharina van der Heijde (78), Den Haag
• Adrianus Cornelis van 't Hooft (78), Rotterdam
• Bernardina Cornelia de Guliker (79), Ede
• Aasje Ariens van Sanen (92), Scheveningen
• Carolina Catharina van der Heijde (78), Den Haag
• Andre Marie Hubert de DONNEA de FOLOGNE (73), Veulen, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie

• 1963 » Letsie III of Lesotho
• 1963 » Matti Nykänen, Finnish ski jumper and singer († 2019)
• 1963 » Regina Belle, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1964 » Heather Langenkamp, American actress and producer
• 1965 » Alex Winter, English-American actor, film director and screenwriter
• 1965 » Craig Morgan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1966 » Lou Barlow, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1966 » Sten Tolgfors, Swedish lawyer and politician, 30th Swedish Minister of Defence
• 1969 » Jaan Kirsipuu, Estonian cyclist
• 1969 » Scott Johnson, American cartoonist

• 1959 » Billie Holiday, American singer (b. 1915)
• 1959 » Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (b. 1879)
• 1961 » Emin Halid Onat, Turkish architect and academic (b. 1908)
• 1961 » Ty Cobb, American baseball player and manager (b. 1886)
• 1967 » John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1926)
• 1974 » Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1910)
• 1975 » Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (b. 1893)
• 1980 » Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1890)
• 1980 » Don "Red" Barry, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1912)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Robert
5. Willem
6. Hendrik
7. Marcel
8. Richard
9. Erik
10. Cornelis
11. Gerrit
12. Paul
13. Ronald
14. Eric
15. Johan
16. Mark

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

• 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 November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 12.5 million citizens.
• January 18 » Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler", is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment.
• April 23 » Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) a manned spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov is launched into orbit.
• May 13 » Dr. Zakir Husain becomes the third President of India. He is the first Muslim President of the Indian Union. He holds this position until August 24, 1969.
• July 6 » Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
• July 29 » During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela is shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead.
• August 24 » Led by Abbie Hoffman, the Youth International Party temporarily disrupts trading at the New York Stock Exchange by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing trading to cease as brokers scramble to grab them.

The temperature on July 17, 1967 was between 11.5 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.