About the day » Friday January 11, 1963Calender converter

• Marnick Degryse, Roeselare († 1965)
• Margaretha Maria (Marga) Schweigmann, Leeuwarden, Fr, Nederland († 2012)
• Catharina Christina Maria Hilferink, Roermond († 1963)
• Rene Marcel Vrijburg, Wezep, Gelderland, Nederland
• Fransje Kapteijns, Sint-Michielsgestel († 2017)
• Francisca Christina Maria Kapteijns, Sint-Michielsgestel († 2017)
• Jolanda Cora Macdaniel, Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Martinus Hubertus Gerardus Marie Kusters, Geleen
• Willem Polman, Texel († 2008)
• Jeffrey Mark Schulte, Cedar Rapids, Iowa († 2006)

• Bernardina Ignatia Savenije (56)
• Adriaan (Aad) Kooijman (58), Rotterdam
• Anthonij Teunis van der Weele (57), Brouwershaven
• Antonio dos Santos (75), Tatuapé, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Antje Jans Zuidersma (71), Zevenhuizen
• Anna Hendriksdr Bleijendaal (78), Venhuizen
• Antonie de Heer (80), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van den Broek (80), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Gerardus van den Bos (63), Den Haag
• Arnold Henri Joseph (Joseph) BEX (61), Jeuk (B)

• 1961 » Lars-Erik Torph, Swedish racing driver († 1989)
• 1962 » Brian Moore, English rugby player
• 1962 » Chris Bryant, Welsh politician, Minister of State for Europe
• 1962 » Susan Lindauer, American journalist and activist
• 1963 » Petra Schneider, German swimmer
• 1963 » Tracy Caulkins, American-Australian swimmer
• 1964 » Albert Dupontel, French actor and director
• 1964 » Ralph Recto, Filipino lawyer and politician
• 1965 » Aleksey Zhukov, Russian footballer and coach
• 1965 » Mascarita Sagrada, Mexican wrestler

• 1957 » Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and politician, Solicitor-General of Australia (b. 1867)
• 1958 » Alec Rowley, English organist and composer (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Edna Purviance, American actress (b. 1895)
• 1961 » Elena Gerhardt, German soprano and actress (b. 1883)
• 1963 » Arthur Nock, English-American scholar, theologian, and academic (b. 1902)
• 1965 » Wally Pipp, American baseball player (b. 1893)
• 1966 » Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter (b. 1901)
• 1966 » Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India (b. 1904)
• 1968 » Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli linguist and scholar (b. 1876)
• 1969 » Richmal Crompton, English author and educator (b. 1890)

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. David
15. Michael
16. Dirk

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.
• March 21 » Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary (in California) closes.
• April 11 » Pope John XXIII issues Pacem in terris, the first encyclical addressed to all Christians instead of only Catholics, and which described the conditions for world peace in human terms.
• June 12 » NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith during the civil rights movement.
• August 18 » Civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
• August 22 » X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program (107.96km (67.08mi) (354,200 feet)).
• December 10 » Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy, under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah.

The temperature on January 11, 1963 was between -13.2 °C and -6.1 °C and averaged -9.9 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.