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• Jane Margriet Stroink, Groningen
• Mark Lahaye, Nijvel († 1994)
• N.n. Koffeman, Noordoostpolder († 1967)
• David Menne († 1995)
• Ankie Musters, Bergen op Zoom
• Pierre Andre de Klerk, Potgietersrust, Zuid-Afrika († 1995)
• Koos Manders, Cuyk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1977)
• Ellis Frederique Stroink, Groningen

• Arlie Aven Gray (48), Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Koopmans (1)
• Augusta Josephina de Coeyer (77), South Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Bastiaantje Andeweg (61), Heinenoord, Nederland
• Annie (Molly) May Stirrat (53)
• Adrianus Johannes Koijen (57), Gilze en Rijen
• Albertus Homeijer (69), Hardenberg
• Antje de Jong (71), Sloten, Gaasterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Annie May Stirrat (53), Sidney (Australië)
• Arnoldus Oosterholt (73), Haaksbergen, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1965 » Dottie Pepper, American golfer
• 1965 » Steve Gorman, American drummer
• 1966 » Don Sweeney, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1966 » Jüri Luik, Estonian politician and diplomat, 18th Estonian Minister of Defense
• 1966 » Rodney Mullen, American skateboarder and stuntman
• 1967 » Michael Preetz, German footballer and manager
• 1968 » Andriy Kuzmenko, Ukrainian singer-songwriter († 2015)
• 1968 » Ed McCaffrey, American football player and sportscaster
• 1968 » Helen McCrory, English actress
• 1969 » Christian Laettner, American basketball player and coach

• 1958 » Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (b. 1878)
• 1966 » Ken Miles, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)
• 1969 » Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Rattana Pestonji, Thai director and producer (b. 1908)
• 1971 » Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna (b. 1914)
• 1971 » Wilhelm List, German field marshal (b. 1880)
• 1973 » Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (b. 1889)
• 1973 » Jean Barraqué, French pianist and composer (b. 1928)
• 1973 » Paul Williams, American singer and choreographer (b. 1939)
• 1977 » Delmer Daves, American screenwriter, director and producer (b. 1904)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Monique
4. Ingrid
5. Cornelia
6. Anna
7. Jolanda
8. Petra
9. Elisabeth
10. Sandra
11. Jacqueline
12. Karin
13. Catharina
14. Yvonne
15. Wilhelmina
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.
• April 14 » Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrows President of Togo Nicolas Grunitzky and installs himself as the new president, a title he would hold for the next 38 years.
• June 9 » Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria.
• June 17 » Nuclear weapons testing: China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon.
• September 4 » Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins when U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.
• October 21 » The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam organizes a march of fifty thousand people from the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon.
• December 13 » Constantine II of Greece attempts an unsuccessful counter-coup against the Regime of the Colonels.

The temperature on August 17, 1967 was between 12.8 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.