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• Daniel Lonnie Runia, Lincoln (Minnesota) († 1980)
• Marina Gerda Koster, Naaldwijk
• Linda Jean Satchwell, Bountiful Davis, Utah
• Asselina Buitenhuis († 1965)
• Judica Johanna Vos, Dinteloord, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Daniëlle Post, Rotterdam († 1963)
• Eduard Antonius Franciscus (Edwin) Ruiter, St. Germain en Laye (Frankrijk) († 1963)

• Christina Ouwerkerk (75), Oudewater
• Dievertje Brons (76), Wildervank
• Cornelia Vermaas (73), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arthur Seelbach (62), Scotch Plains, Union, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Dirk Pieter Moen (88), Hazlet, NJ
• Agnes Flesia Andries (67), Oakdale, Allen Parish, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Kalkman (80), Vlaardingen
• Adriana_Catharina Duineveld (72), Beverwijk
• Ada Lorine Lewis (51), Eugene, Lane Co, OR
• Cornelis Ekdom (73), De Bilt

• 1961 » Frank Gardner, English captain and journalist
• 1961 » Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Nigerian banker, royal
• 1962 » John Chiang, American lawyer and politician, 31st California State Controller
• 1962 » Kevin Greene, American football player and coach
• 1962 » Wesley Snipes, American actor and producer
• 1963 » Brian Skrudland, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1963 » Fergus Henderson, English chef and author
• 1963 » Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim), English DJ and musician
• 1964 » Jim Corr, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964 » Urmas Hepner, Estonian footballer and coach

• 1953 » Robert A. Taft, American soldier and politician (b. 1889)
• 1954 » Onofre Marimón, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1923)
• 1958 » Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter (b. 1923)
• 1966 » Bud Powell, American pianist (b. 1924)
• 1968 » Jack Pizzey, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Queensland (b. 1911)
• 1971 » Walter P. Carter, American soldier and activist (b. 1923)
• 1972 » Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Belgium, 1st President of the United Nations General Assembly (b. 1899)
• 1973 » Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (b. 1921)
• 1979 » Beatrix Lehmann, English actress and director (b. 1903)

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.
• May 11 » Racist bombings in Birmingham, Alabama, disrupt nonviolence in the Birmingham campaign and precipitate a crisis involving federal troops.
• 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.
• June 3 » Soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army attack protesting Buddhists in Huế with liquid chemicals from tear-gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalized for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments.
• June 16 » Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 mission: Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
• 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.
• December 10 » Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy, under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah.

The temperature on July 31, 1963 was between 10.8 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (88%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.