About the day » Thursday January 31, 1963Calender converter

• David Bernard Wilksch († 1963)
• Marchien Schutrups, Valthermond Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland († 2004)
• Elisabeth Vilain
• Catharina Henderika Meijer, Avereest († 2021)
• Aartje Kortus, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1963)
• Caroline M. Heijden van der († 1980)
• Aartje Kortus, Barneveld († 1963)
• birgit van der meulen, heemskerk (noord-holland) nederland
• José Carlos Michels, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1968)
• Klaas Siebe"Klaas" Koopman († 2008)

• Carel Theodorus Tolmeijer (71)
• Anna Maria Dedden * (75)
• Albertus Cornelis Assie (91), Brummen-Hall, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Servatius Roovers (74), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoon van Wijmen (80), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Lugtigheid (58), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Servatius Roovers (74), Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Bosch (90), Idaard, Friesland, Nederland
• Antoinette Jeanette Marie Corten (41), Sittard, Limburg, Netherlands
• Alberdina Prenger (10), Ommen

• 1961 » Elizabeth Barker, Baroness Barker, English politician
• 1961 » Fatou Bensouda, Gambian lawyer and judge
• 1961 » Lloyd Cole, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1963 » Craig Coleman, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1963 » Gwen Graham, American lawyer and politician
• 1964 » Dawn Prince-Hughes, American scientist
• 1964 » Martha MacCallum, American journalist
• 1965 » Giorgos Gasparis, Greek basketball player and coach
• 1965 » Ofra Harnoy, Israeli-Canadian cellist
• 1965 » Peter Sagal, American author and radio host

• 1954 » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890)
• 1955 » John Mott, American activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1956 » A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright, created Winnie-the-Pooh (b. 1882)
• 1958 » Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Auguste Herbin, French painter (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Krishna Singh, Indian politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1887)
• 1966 » Arthur Percival, English general (b. 1887)
• 1967 » Eddie Tolan, American sprinter and educator (b. 1908)
• 1969 » Meher Baba, Indian spiritual master (b. 1894)
• 1971 » Viktor Zhirmunsky, Russian historian and linguist (b. 1891)

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.
• April 16 » Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
• June 5 » Movement of 15 Khordad: Protests against the arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini by the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In several cities, masses of angry demonstrators are confronted by tanks and paratroopers.
• June 16 » In an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam, a Joint Communique was signed between President Ngo Dinh Diem and Buddhist leaders.
• August 8 » The Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), the current ruling party of Zimbabwe, is formed by a split from the Zimbabwe African People's Union.
• October 10 » The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty comes into effect.
• November 9 » At Miike coal mine, Miike, Japan, an explosion kills 458, and hospitalises 839 with carbon monoxide poisoning.

The temperature on January 31, 1963 was between -10.4 °C and -4.4 °C and averaged -6.8 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.