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• Petronella Gerarda Wilhelmina Driessen, Sevenum, Limburg, Netherlands († 1963)
• Yvonne Cornelia Wilhelmina Flach, Portugaal († 2022)
• Douglas Wayne VISSER († 1963)
• Michael Dewayne Todd, Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1999)
• Boyd Mayberry Gearhart, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, West Virginia († 2008)
• Rika uit de Bosch, Harderwijk († 1969)
• Astrid Wilhelmina Theadora van Tour, Rotterdam
• Melanie Kaye Killian, Shakopee,Scott, Minnesota († 1963)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Gerardus Maria van Erp, Oss († 2007)
• levenloos geboren kind van Rutger de GROOT, Rotterdam († 1963)

• Aafje Hooiveld (56)
• Cornelia Joanna Doorakkers (69), Tilburg Nederland
• Antonetta Cornelia van Dartel (83), Waspik
• Clothilde Schotte (80), Uitkerke
• Arigje Swaan (75), Rotterdam
• Anna Schuurman (82)
• Andreas Hubertus SILLEN (73), Swalmen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Arie van Dijk (82), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Amalia (Corrie) Ungerer (64), Indonesië
• Adriaan Janssen (76), Utrecht

• 1960 » R. Kuhaneswaran, Sri Lankan politician
• 1960 » Rhonda Burchmore, Australian actress, singer, and dancer
• 1960 » Rimas Kurtinaitis, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
• 1960 » Rob Bowman, American director and producer
• 1961 » Giselle Fernández, Mexican-American television journalist.
• 1962 » Lisa Curry, Australian swimmer
• 1963 » Gavin Nebbeling, South African footballer
• 1964 » Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Danish lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Denmark
• 1965 » André Abujamra, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1965 » Scott Tronc, Australian rugby league player

• 1956 » Austin Osman Spare, English painter and magician (b. 1886)
• 1957 » Dick Irvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Keith Andrews, American race car driver (b. 1920)
• 1963 » John Aglionby, English-born Bishop of Accra and soldier (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Vladko Maček, Croatian lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Pio Pion, Italian businessman (b. 1887)
• 1967 » Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882)
• 1967 » Italo Mus, Italian painter (b. 1892)
• 1969 » Joe Malone, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and playwright (b. 1900)

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 2 » Berthold Seliger launches a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres near Cuxhaven. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany.
• August 21 » Xá Lợi Pagoda raids: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalizes Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
• September 15 » Baptist Church bombing: Four children killed in the bombing of an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
• November 1 » The 1963 South Vietnamese coup begins.
• November 2 » South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm is assassinated following a military coup.
• November 29 » Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board.

The temperature on May 15, 1963 was between 6.6 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (11%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.