About the day » Thursday February 7, 1963Calender converter

• Barrie Baas, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1979)
• Jan Peter Sonneveldt, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1991)
• Koenraad Geldof, Izegem, België († 2009)
• Guus van Ginkel († 2008)
• Johan Martin Friedrich Wilhelm de Bel, amsterdam, Nederland († 2000)
• Mary Corbett, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire († 2009)
• Barteld (Bart) Lok, Meppel († 2024)
• jacoba maria (jacqueline) ghielen, tegelen
• Peter Raatjes, Utrecht († 1963)

• * Pieter Nicolaas Willem Neef (76), Rotterdam
• Antje Compaan (81), Bedum, Groningen, Nederland
• augustinus Franciscus ten Bosch (65), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Hendrika Grossenbag (67), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Abraham Nieman (86), Blaricum
• Klaasje Van Der Meer (73), Enschede
• Adriana Goudriaan (51), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Albert Kwekkeboom (64), Enschede
• Begga De Laet (71), Herentals, België
• Anthonie Elderson (71), Rotterdam

• 1959 » Mick McCarthy, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
• 1960 » James Spader, American actor and producer
• 1960 » Robert Smigel, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 » David Bryan, American keyboard player and songwriter
• 1962 » Eddie Izzard, English comedian, actor, and producer
• 1962 » Garth Brooks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1963 » Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, American Naval officer and astronaut
• 1964 » Ashok Banker, Indian journalist, author, and screenwriter
• 1965 » Chris Rock, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966 » Kristin Otto, German swimmer

• 1944 » Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano and actress (b. 1874)
• 1959 » Daniel François Malan, South African minister and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1874)
• 1959 » Guitar Slim, American singer and guitarist (b. 1926)
• 1959 » Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1960 » Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager (b. 1902)
• 1964 » Sofoklis Venizelos, Greek captain and politician, 133rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Nick Adams, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 1972 » Walter Lang, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1979 » Josef Mengele, German SS officer and physician (b. 1911)

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 12 » The Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in the Danish straits.
• April 16 » Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
• May 19 » The New York Post Sunday Magazine publishes Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail.
• June 20 » Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union and the United States sign an agreement to establish the so-called "red telephone" link between Washington and Moscow.
• November 2 » South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm is assassinated following a military coup.
• December 8 » Pan Am Flight 214, a Boeing 707, is struck by lightning and crashes near Elkton, Maryland, killing all 81 people on board.

The temperature on February 7, 1963 was between -4.0 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.