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• Maxime BARBIER, Bruxelles, Brabant, Belgique († 1999)
• Ad van de Luytgaarden
• Clara Johanna Dieckmann, Renkum († 1988)
• Jantina Foks, Borne, Overijssel, Nederland († 1964)
• Teuni Stoop, Hendrik Ido Ambacht († 1966)
• Susan Renae Blommers, Pella, Marion, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Robin Wilczynski, Chicago,Cook County,Illinois,Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Alfred Crosby († 1999)
• Saskia PÖPPING († 2005)
• († 1964)

• Alphonsus Maria Antonius Franciscus Coenen (69), Weert
• Adriana Wilhelmina Maria Santegoets (57)
• Afra Reus (71), Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Kuiper (84), San Diego, California, Verenigde Staten
• Alan Todd (77), Warren, Warren, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Athol John McCawley (50), Queensland, Australia
• Anne Knol (92), Darlington, Australie
• Anna Maria Driessens (90), Grimbergen
• Cornelis Wilhelmus Pouw, Leiden
• Cornelis Stenis (X) (65), Amersfoort (NL)

• 1961 » Billy Duffy, English rock guitarist and songwriter
• 1961 » Thomas Dooley, German-American soccer player and manager
• 1962 » Brett Gurewitz, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1962 » Emilio Estevez, American actor
• 1962 » Gregory H. Johnson, English-born American astronaut
• 1963 » Gavin Hood, South African actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 » Panagiotis Fasoulas, Greek basketball player and politician
• 1963 » Stefano Modena, Italian race car driver
• 1963 » Vanessa A. Williams, American actress and producer
• 1964 » Pierre Morel, French director and cinematographer

• 1956 » Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1957 » Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1885)
• 1963 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1963 » Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor (b. 1875)
• 1966 » Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (b. 1896)
• 1967 » John Masefield, English poet and author (b. 1878)
• 1970 » Nelly Sachs, German poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Heinie Manush, American baseball player and coach (b. 1901)

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.
• May 15 » Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space, and the last American to go into space alone.
• May 19 » The New York Post Sunday Magazine publishes Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail.
• September 25 » Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo affair.
• December 8 » Pan Am Flight 214, a Boeing 707, is struck by lightning and crashes near Elkton, Maryland, killing all 81 people on board.
• December 10 » Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy, under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah.
• December 26 » The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" are released in the United States, marking the beginning of Beatlemania on an international level.

The temperature on May 12, 1963 was between 5.2 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.