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• Henri Vogel, Vlaardingen, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• A.f.J. Overes, Haarlem, Gemeente Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1963)
• Annette van Oosten, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Henk Hoeve, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1967)
• Jan Bekelaar, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Fia Schuiling († 2007)
• Lawrence B. Kirk, Wynnewood, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Johanna Jacoba Barendrecht, Zwijndrecht
• Gerardus Theodorus Maria van den Boogaard, Den Dungen († 1964)
• Kasper Herman Willem Groten, Tilburg († 2009)

• Aaltje Catherina van Rinsum (58), Oldenzaal,Gemeente Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland
• Ernest Erbel Ekrut (62), Torrance, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Catharina van Rinsum, Oldenzaal,Gemeente Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Steenbergen (86), Amsterdam (Noord-Holland)
• Catharine Mary Boeckman (82), Dayton, Verenigde Staten
• Arian Plas (74), Edam
• annechiena jantina jeremia voortman (86), tolbert
• Bernardus Josephus Andreas Schoonebeek (88), Haarlem
• Edna FINCHAM (78), Greensburg, Kiowa County, Kansas, United States of America
• Cornelis Zutt (78), Warmenhuizen

• 1961 » Craig Ehlo, American basketball player and coach
• 1961 » David Brooks, American journalist and author
• 1962 » Brian Azzarello, American author
• 1962 » Charles Cecil, English video game designer and co-founded Revolution Software
• 1962 » John Micklethwait, English journalist and author
• 1962 » Rob Minkoff, American director and producer
• 1963 » Hiromi Makihara, Japanese baseball player
• 1964 » Grant Waite, New Zealand golfer
• 1964 » Jim Lee, South Korean-American author and illustrator
• 1965 » Marc Bergevin, Canadian ice hockey player and manager

• 1953 » Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Jackson Pollock, American painter (b. 1912)
• 1961 » Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian-American author, playwright, actor, and director (b. 1910)
• 1963 » Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1897)
• 1969 » Miriam Licette, English soprano and educator (b. 1885)
• 1972 » Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1974 » Vicente Emilio Sojo, Venezuelan conductor and composer (b. 1887)
• 1977 » Frederic Calland Williams, British co-inventor of the Williams-Kilborn tube, used for memory in early computer systems (b. 1911)
• 1978 » Berta Ruck, Indian-born Welsh romance novelist (b. 1878)

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

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

• 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• 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 11.9 million citizens.
• March 21 » Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary (in California) closes.
• May 30 » A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination during the Buddhist crisis is held outside South Vietnam's National Assembly, the first open demonstration during the eight-year rule of Ngo Dinh Diem.
• June 24 » The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government.
• August 15 » Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland.
• August 31 » Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah) achieves self governance.
• December 31 » The Central African Federation officially collapses, subsequently becoming Zambia, Malawi and Rhodesia.

The temperature on August 11, 1963 was between 13.2 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.