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• Kornelis de Ridder († 2023)
• André van Mierlo, Zwolle, 8011, Nederland († 2014)
• Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, Bourne, Barnstable, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1963)
• Marcellinus Wigbertus Maria Haring
• Steven Ray Thomson, Payson, Utah County, Utah, United States of America († 2015)
• Dirk Pil, Schiedam
• Tom WIELENS, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Allan Brian Liss († 1996)
• Theodoor de Wit, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1971)
• Peter Haring

• Berend Abels (66), Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands
• Catharina Boeije (89), Oostburg
• Della Johnson (71), Pitkin, Vernon, Louisiana, United States of America
• Catharina Maria Virginie ( Religieuse Zuster M. Innocence ) Kerpen (74), Maastricht
• Adriaan Abels (66), Amsterdam
• Albert Mark Lawrence (67), Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, Verenigde Staten
• Clara Reitan (70), Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, V.S
• Cornelis Chaigneau (60)
• Cornelisje Heering (70), Rotterdam
• Carl Adolph Lens (74), Den Haag

• 1961 » Brian Conley, English actor and singer
• 1961 » Walter Swinburn, English jockey and trainer († 2016)
• 1961 » Yelena Davydova, Russian gymnast
• 1962 » Alison Brown, American banjo player, songwriter, and producer
• 1963 » Marcus Roberts, American pianist and educator
• 1963 » Nick Gillespie, American journalist and author
• 1963 » Paul Dunn, Australian rugby league player
• 1964 » Ian Dench, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1964 » John Birmingham, English-Australian journalist and author
• 1964 » Peter Niven, Scottish jockey

• 1957 » Oliver Hardy, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Elizabeth Foreman Lewis, American author and educator (b. 1892)
• 1960 » Luis Ángel Firpo, Argentine boxer (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Ramon Vila Capdevila, last of the Spanish Maquis, holding out after the end of the Spanish Civil War (b.1908)
• 1968 » Giovanni Bracco, Italian race car driver (b. 1908)
• 1969 » Jean Bastien, French professional footballer (b. 1915)
• 1969 » Joseph Kosma, Hungarian-French composer (b. 1905)
• 1970 » Harold Haley, American lawyer and judge (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Jonathan P. Jackson, American bodyguard (b. 1953)
• 1972 » Joi Lansing, American model, actress, and singer (b. 1929)

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.
• February 19 » The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique reawakens the feminist movement in the United States as women's organizations and consciousness raising groups spread.
• May 8 » South Vietnamese soldiers under the Roman Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem open fire on Buddhists defying a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesak, killing nine and sparking the Buddhist crisis.
• 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.
• July 1 » The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.
• August 28 » March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech.
• December 14 » The dam containing the Baldwin Hills Reservoir bursts, killing five people and damaging hundreds of homes in Los Angeles, California.

The temperature on August 7, 1963 was between 10.2 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.