About the day » Monday August 26, 1963Calender converter

• Pieter Griffioen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Frances Grece Segger, Edmonton († 1996)
• Nicholas Bryan Muntjewerff, St.Alberta, Alberta, Canada († 2012)
• Michael Adrain Peterson, Norfolk, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Eduard Christiaan Westdijk, Rotterdam († 2009)
• Godfried Timmermans, Monster († 1997)
• Rober van der Ham, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2022)
• John Thomas Bernard Hebert, Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, Verenigde Staten († 1964)

• Ben Hofman (76), Sanborn, O'Brien County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Bernardus Jacobus de Groot (81), Rotterdam
• Adela Verwilgen (64), Schoten (B)
• Agnes Catharina van Bavel (89), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart van Kooij (46)
• Antje Reinders van der Brug (68), Drachten
• Arendje Zuijderduijn (41), Leiden
• Anna Maria Philomena Lagerberg (63), Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana W Hertogs (72), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alma Sowles (73)

• 1962 » Roger Kingdom, American hurdler
• 1963 » David Byas, English cricketer and umpire
• 1963 » Patrice Oppliger, American author, critic, and academic
• 1963 » Stephen J. Dubner, American journalist and author
• 1964 » Allegra Huston, English-American author and screenwriter
• 1964 » Bobby Jurasin, American-Canadian football player and coach
• 1964 » Carsten Wolf, German cyclist
• 1964 » Chad Kreuter, American baseball player and manager
• 1964 » Torsten Schmitz, German boxer
• 1964 » Zadok Malka, Israeli footballer and manager

• 1956 » Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist (b. 1881)
• 1958 » Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator (b. 1872)
• 1966 » W. W. E. Ross, Canadian geophysicist and poet (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Kay Francis, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1972 » Francis Chichester, English pilot and sailor (b. 1901)
• 1974 » Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1975 » Olaf Holtedahl, Norwegian geologist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1976 » Lotte Lehmann, German-American soprano (b. 1888)
• 1977 » H. A. Rey, German-American author and illustrator, created Curious George (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Charles Boyer, French-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1899)

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.
• January 23 » The Guinea-Bissau War of Independence officially begins when PAIGC guerrilla fighters attack the Portuguese army stationed in Tite.
• July 1 » The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.
• August 30 » The Moscow–Washington hotline between the leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union goes into operation.
• September 4 » Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
• November 29 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
• December 21 » "Bloody Christmas" begins in Cyprus, ultimately resulting in the displacement of 25,000–30,000 Turkish Cypriots and destruction of more than 100 villages.

The temperature on August 26, 1963 was between 13.6 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 10.0 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.