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• levenloos geboren kind († 1963)
• Gerardus Johannes (Gerard) Spithoven, Wijk bij Duurstede († 1990)
• Raymond Ralf Herman Anna Jozef Hodenius, Ubach over Worms († 1963)
• Levenloos VERBEEK, Delft († 1963)
• Johannes Mattheus van Egeraat († 1995)

• Antonius Petrus Stentler (92), Rotterdam
• Catharina Elisabeth van Hoboken (61), Huizen
• Adriaantje Deinum (27), Garijp
• Berthe GROS (88), Saint-Gobain, 02410, Aisne, Picardie, FRANCE
• Anthonij Jan Hendrik Adrianusz. Maas (84), Aalst, Nederland
• Aafje Stijna Littooij (88), Utrecht
• Antonetta van Dincten (88), Best
• Anna Cornelia Aarts (83), Roosendaal en Nispen
• A. Emerence Vrijdaghs (71)
• Anna Cornelia Aarts (83), Roosendaal

• 1959 » Kirti Azad, Indian cricketer and politician
• 1961 » Craig James, American football player and sportscaster
• 1961 » Gabrielle Carteris, American actress
• 1961 » Paula Hamilton, English model
• 1961 » Robert Wexler, American lawyer and politician
• 1963 » David Cone, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1963 » Edgar Martínez, American baseball player
• 1964 » Pernell Whitaker, American boxer († 2019)
• 1965 » Francois Pienaar, South African rugby player
• 1967 » Jón Gnarr, Icelandic actor and politician; 20th Mayor of Reykjavik City

• 1946 » Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1950 » James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1877)
• 1951 » William Campion, English colonel and politician, 21st Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870)
• 1953 » Guccio Gucci, Italian businessman and fashion designer, founder of Gucci (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Paul Sauvé, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Quebec (b. 1907)
• 1963 » Dick Powell, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1904)
• 1963 » Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor (b. 1910)
• 1974 » Tex Ritter, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Siraj Sikder, Bangladesh revolutionary leader (b. 1944)
• 1977 » Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (b. 1921)

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

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.
• February 8 » Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration.
• March 8 » The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council of the Revolutionary Command.
• March 17 » Mount Agung erupted on Bali killing more than 1,100 people.
• April 30 » The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom.
• May 15 » Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space, and the last American to go into space alone.
• October 3 » A violent coup in Honduras begins two decades of military rule.

The temperature on January 2, 1963 was between -10.0 °C and -7.7 °C and averaged -8.6 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.