About the day » Thursday February 28, 1963Calender converter

• Rudi Derela († 2009)
• Angela Jacoba Maria van Eijk, Ter Aar († 1965)
• Leonardus Toussaint Maria Gerits, Gemeente Weert, Limburg, Nederland († 1967)
• Leonardus Toussaint Maria Gerits, Weert, Limburg, Nederland († 1967)
• Maria Catharina Cecelia Aardenburg, Heemskerk
• Rijk-Jan Slok († 1989)
• Odilia Johanna Adriana Verhagen, Son en Breugel († 2022)
• N.N. Meesters, Brunssum († 1963)
• Annie Roorda († 2005)
• Jacob de Jong, Lexmond (Zederik), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)

• Adriana van As (74), Delft
• Alberdina Wilhelmina Geziena Witzand (79)
• Antonius Rindert Gras (69), Amersfoort
• Arnoldus Johannes ten Tije (76), Apeldoorn
• Aracy de Moraes Fonseca (63), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
• Annechien Willems MEIJER (85), Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Aris ROND (63), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Tissen (67), Venray
• Annechien Meijer (85), Delfzijl
• Adriana Margaretha Pelt (69), Oosterbeek, Gld, Neth

• 1961 » Barry McGuigan, Irish-British boxer
• 1961 » Mark Latham, Australian politician
• 1961 » Rae Dawn Chong, Canadian-American actress
• 1962 » Gary Belcher, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1963 » Claudio Chiappucci, Italian cyclist
• 1964 » Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Uzbekistan sprinter and cyclist
• 1965 » Colum McCann, Irish-American author and academic
• 1965 » Norman Smiley, English-American wrestler and trainer
• 1966 » Paulo Futre, Portuguese footballer
• 1966 » Vincent Askew, American basketball player and coach

• 1942 » Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (b. 1889)
• 1959 » Maxwell Anderson, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Rajendra Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st President of India (b. 1884)
• 1966 » Charles Bassett, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1931)
• 1966 » Elliot See, American commander, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)
• 1967 » Henry Luce, American publisher, co-founded Time Magazine (b. 1898)
• 1977 » Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American actor and comedian (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Eric Frank Russell, English author (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Zara Cully, American actress (b. 1892)
• 1983 » Winifred Atwell, Trinidadian pianist (b. 1910 or 1914)

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 30 » A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination during the Buddhist crisis is held outside South Vietnam's National Assembly, the first open demonstration during the eight-year rule of Ngo Dinh Diem.
• June 10 » The Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex, was signed into law by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program.
• July 1 » ZIP codes are introduced for United States mail.
• September 7 » The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
• October 7 » President Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
• December 8 » Pan Am Flight 214, a Boeing 707, is struck by lightning and crashes near Elkton, Maryland, killing all 81 people on board.

The temperature on February 28, 1963 was between -5.2 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged -1.2 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.