About the day » Saturday October 5, 1963Calender converter

• Richard Snijders
• Samuël Kiewiet († 2010)
• Clasina Johanna Boskeljon, Den Helder († 2006)
• Joey Ellen Laymon († 2003)
• Maria Catharina (Rita) Beekelaar, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Joseph Hubertus Antonius (Joske) Billekens, Panningen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1964)
• Netha Ann Boelman, Colorado († 2023)
• joseph hubertus antonius (joske) billekens, helden-panningen († 1964)

• Antje Betten (77)
• Albertje Veldtman (69), Hoogezand-Sappemeer
• Aart Spaargaren (69), amsterdam, Nederland
• Agatha (Aagje) Scholten (87), Castricum
• Aagje Scholten (87), Castricum
• Amanda Bell Darden (95), Coosa, Alabama, United States
• Abraham VERHEIJ (69), Vlaardingen
• Adriana de Bree (77)
• Adrianus Martinus van Vessem (56), Vught
• Aaltje Antonia Franciska Overhoff (75), Soest, Utrecht, Netherlands

• 1962 » Caron Keating, British television host († 2004)
• 1962 » Michael Andretti, American race car driver
• 1962 » Thomas Herbst, German footballer and manager
• 1963 » Laura Davies, English golfer and sportscaster
• 1963 » Michael Hadschieff, Austrian speed skater
• 1963 » Nick Robinson, English journalist and blogger
• 1963 » Tony Dodemaide, Australian cricketer
• 1964 » Dave Dederer, American guitarist and singer
• 1964 » Malik Saidullaev, Russian businessman
• 1964 » Philip A. Haigh, English historian and author

• 1942 » Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer (b. 1861)
• 1943 » Leon Roppolo, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1902)
• 1950 » Frederic Lewy, German-American neurologist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1952 » Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Clifton Williams, American astronaut (b. 1932)
• 1976 » Barbara Nichols, American actress (b. 1928)
• 1976 » Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Gloria Grahame, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1983 » Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded the Tupperware Corporation (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (b. 1897)

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. David
15. Dirk
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. Karin
13. Wilhelmina
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.
• January 29 » The first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced.
• May 11 » Racist bombings in Birmingham, Alabama, disrupt nonviolence in the Birmingham campaign and precipitate a crisis involving federal troops.
• July 24 » The ship Bluenose II was launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The schooner is a major Canadian symbol.
• October 31 » A propane tank explosion at the Indiana State Fair Coliseum (now the Indiana Farmers Coliseum) in Indianapolis kills 74 people and injures another 400 during an ice skating show.
• November 18 » The first push-button telephone goes into service.
• December 10 » Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy, under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah.

The temperature on October 5, 1963 was between 6.3 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 9.6 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.