About the day » Saturday January 26, 1963Calender converter

• Jan de Cocq († 2016)
• Mark Allen van den Top, Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota († 1981)
• VEERLE STRYBOL, BEVEREN-WAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 2023)
• Anje Jeannet te Velde, Drachten, Friesland, Nederland († 2000)
• William Herren Callahan († 1966)
• Christina Franciska Maria Bos, Waalwijk († 1963)
• Helena Maria Hermina (Colien) Korsten, Helden,, Limburg, Nederland († 2016)
• Vilinar Momm, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1989)
• Marinus Petrus Visser, Groningen († 2019)
• Hermannes Broeze, IJpelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 2002)

• Antonius Johannes Borcherts (72), 's Gravenhage
• Adrianus Johannes van Heeswijk (82), Oisterwijk
• Anna Margaretha Weersch (83), Eijsden
• Anna Margaretha Stroot (89), Altenberge, Haren (Ems)
• Adriana Maria Carolina den Braven (68), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha* van Weersch* (83), Eijsden, LI, Netherlands
• Adriaan Roth (72), Hillegersberg, Netherlands
• anthonia Elizabeth Westerweele (50), borssele (z)
• Adriana Maria van der Zwaan (81), Haarlem
• Audrey Edward White (38)

• 1961 » Tom Keifer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 » Wayne Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1962 » Guo Jian, Chinese-Australian painter, sculptor, and photographer
• 1962 » Oscar Ruggeri, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1962 » Tim May, Australian cricketer
• 1963 » Andrew Ridgeley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1963 » José Mourinho, Portuguese footballer and manager
• 1963 » Simon O'Donnell, Australian footballer, cricketer, and sportscaster
• 1963 » Tony Parks, English footballer and manager
• 1964 » Adam Crozier, Scottish businessman

• 1948 » Kâzım Karabekir, Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1882)
• 1952 » Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Mongolian general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1895)
• 1953 » Athanase David, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Helene Costello, American actress (b. 1906)
• 1962 » Lucky Luciano, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1897)
• 1968 » Merrill C. Meigs, American publisher (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Edward G. Robinson, Romanian-American actor (b. 1893)
• 1975 » Donald Sheldon, American bush pilot (b. 1921)
• 1976 » João Branco Núncio, Portuguese bullfighter (b. 1901)
• 1977 » Filopimin Finos, Greek production manager and producer, founded Finos Film (b. 1908)

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. Dirk
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. Karin
13. Wilhelmina
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 10 » One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the submarine USSThresher sinks at sea.
• June 21 » Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini is elected as Pope Paul VI.
• July 26 » Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.
• August 24 » Buddhist crisis: As a result of the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids, the US State Department cables the United States Embassy, Saigon to encourage Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals to launch a coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm if he did not remove his brother Ngô Đình Nhu.
• September 4 » Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
• December 10 » An assassination attempt on the British High Commissioner in Aden kills two people and wounds dozens more.

The temperature on January 26, 1963 was between -2.1 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.