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• Michael Antonius (Michel) Bremer, Velp, Gelderland, Nederland
• Johannes Hendriks, Broekhuizenvorst, Limburg, Nederland († 1979)
• Jackie Vervoort, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1965)
• Nicole Meertens, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1963)
• Debbie van Haver, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Willem Kramer († 2021)
• Joël Wegnez, Oupeye, Liège, Wallonie, Belgique († 2018)
• Dirk Jozef Erna LAPERS, Hamme,9220,Oost-Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie,Belgie († 2010)
• Kier Brul, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 2011)
• Jacobus Gerardus Maria Vervoort, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1965)

• Bastiaantje Pors (65), Rotterdam
• Albertus Johannes Vijge (62), Den Dolder, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham van Deutekom (69), Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arnoldus van Rijn (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Barthalena Cornelia Visee (77)
• Anna Delis (91), Wijk aan Zee, Nederland
• Aaltje Hadderingh (79), Gieten
• Adriana van Neste (63)
• Aaltje Hadderingh (79), Gieten
• Barhalena Cornelia Visee (77), Utrecht

• 1961 » Ezzat el Kamhawi, Egyptian journalist and author
• 1962 » Bertrand Gachot, Belgian race car driver
• 1962 » Kang Je-gyu, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 » Keiji Mutoh, Japanese wrestler and actor
• 1962 » Stefan Hell, Romanian-German physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1963 » Ante Zelck, German businessman
• 1963 » Donna Tartt, American author
• 1963 » Jess Harnell, American singer-songwriter
• 1963 » Jim Harbaugh, American football player and coach
• 1964 » Eddie Vedder, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1950 » Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Lavrentiy Beria, Georgian-Russian general and politician, Russian Minister of Internal Affairs (b. 1899)
• 1954 » René Iché, French soldier and sculptor (b. 1897)
• 1961 » Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, American author (b. 1875)
• 1961 » Kurt Meyer, German general (b. 1910)
• 1970 » Aleksander Warma, Estonian lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (b. 1890)
• 1970 » Charles Ruggles, American actor (b. 1886)
• 1972 » Andrei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-95 and Tupolev Tu-104 (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Charles Atlas, Italian-American bodybuilder and model (b. 1892)
• 1973 » Irna Phillips, American screenwriter, created Guiding Light and As the World Turns (b. 1901)

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 10 » One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the submarine USSThresher sinks at sea.
• June 21 » Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini is elected as Pope Paul VI.
• July 24 » The ship Bluenose II was launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The schooner is a major Canadian symbol.
• August 22 » X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program (107.96km (67.08mi) (354,200 feet)).
• November 22 » U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald, who also kills Dallas Police officer J. D. Tippit after fleeing the scene. U.S Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th President of the United States afterwards.
• November 24 » Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is killed by Jack Ruby.

The temperature on December 23, 1963 was between -9.0 °C and -3.6 °C and averaged -6.9 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.