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• Francisca Engelina Maria Sweegers, Eindhoven
• Evert Jens Johan Scholten, Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1973)
• Abraham Kosten, St. Philipsland († 2000)
• George Reilly, Sheboygan County († 1963)
• Brian Alan Jager, Sioux City, Iowa, VS († 2001)
• George Reilly, Sheboygan County († 1963)
• Evert Jens Johan (Evert) Scholten, Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1973)
• Altink, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Leonardus Innocentius Aloysius Maria Lohuis, NMontfoort († 1978)
• Kevin Swanson († 2014)

• Adriana Boer de (84)
• Cornelia Spaans (70), 's-Gravenhage
• Catharina Kerdel (79), Schiedam
• Aafke Werkman (83), Usquert, Groningen, Nederland
• Bavo Lodewijk Van Genechten (73), Congo, Afrika
• Bernardus Cornelis Majoor (84), Laren N.H
• Baukje Feddes van Douma (85), Tietjerksteradeel Friesland Bergum
• Aaltiene Martha Swabedissen (50), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert van der Heide (78), Sneek
• Claude Edison\Edson Harding (82), Carlsbad Eddy County, New Mexico, Verenigde Staten

• 1959 » Bob Tway, American golfer
• 1959 » Randy Travis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1959 » Valdemaras Chomičius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
• 1960 » Werner Faymann, Austrian politician, 28th Chancellor of Austria
• 1961 » Jay Aston, English singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1964 » Silvia Costa, Cuban high jumper
• 1966 » Gary Elkins, English footballer and manager
• 1966 » Jane McGrath, English-Australian activist, co-founded the McGrath Foundation († 2008)
• 1967 » Ana Gasteyer, American actress and singer
• 1967 » Kate Garraway, English journalist

• 1945 » Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (b. 1880)
• 1953 » Alexandre Pharamond, French rugby player (b. 1876)
• 1955 » George Enescu, Romanian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1881)
• 1964 » Karl Robert Pusta, Estonian politician, 4th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Osbert Sitwell, English-Italian author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Jane Bowles, American author and playwright (b. 1917)
• 1975 » Moe Howard, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Frank Strahan, Australian public servant (b. 1886)
• 1980 » Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Robert
4. Peter
5. Hendrik
6. John
7. Ronald
8. Cornelis
9. Willem
10. Pieter
11. Paul
12. Johan
13. Gerrit
14. Dirk
15. Michael
16. David

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Elisabeth
5. Cornelia
6. Yvonne
7. Monique
8. Ingrid
9. Jolanda
10. Linda
11. Catharina
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.
• January 22 » The Élysée Treaty of cooperation between France and Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer.
• June 16 » Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 mission: Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
• August 15 » President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of the Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
• September 15 » Baptist Church bombing: Four children killed in the bombing of an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
• October 3 » A violent coup in Honduras begins two decades of military rule.
• November 9 » At Miike coal mine, Miike, Japan, an explosion kills 458, and hospitalises 839 with carbon monoxide poisoning.

The temperature on May 4, 1963 was between 3.1 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.