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• Doreen May Tourangeau († 1986)
• Iris de Breuk, De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland († 2015)
• Jan Petrus Koolhaas, Haarlemmermeer, Nederland († 2003)
• Nicole Chapman, Monticello, San Juan, Utah, United States († 1963)
• Kurt De Weert, Mechelen († 1981)
• Richard Wayne Dolphin, Britt, Hancock County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• José de Arimatéia, Campestre, Minas Gerais, Brasil († 2015)
• Cornelia Maria (Corrie) de Jongste, Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Peter van der Bruggen, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Catharina Hubertina Walraven (80), Roermond
• Anthony Joaquin Moura (67), Boise, Ada County, Idaho, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus Johannes Maria (Johan) Pol (67), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bardiena Corba (94), Hilversum
• Adrianus Arnoldus Franciscus Smolders (61), Tilburg
• Cora Fuld (82), Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Gerardus PETERSE (65), Werkhoven, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bruin Verschoor (92), Rotterdam
• Aaltje de Vries (71), Katlijk, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Christiaan Bollee (76), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1962 » Carol Kirkwood, Scottish journalist
• 1962 » Chloé Sainte-Marie, Canadian actress and singer
• 1962 » Eric Davis, American baseball player
• 1962 » Fandi Ahmad, Singaporean footballer, coach, and manager
• 1963 » Blaze Bayley, English singer-songwriter
• 1963 » Claude Loiselle, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1963 » Ukyo Katayama, Japanese race car driver
• 1963 » Zhu Jianhua, Chinese high jumper
• 1964 » Howard Mills III, American academic and politician
• 1964 » Oswaldo Negri Jr., Brazilian race car driver

• 1953 » Morgan Russell, American painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1957 » James Whale, English director (b. 1889)
• 1958 » Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1963 » Netta Muskett, English author (b. 1887)
• 1966 » Ignace Lepp, Estonian-French priest and psychologist (b. 1909)
• 1968 » Arnold Susi, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1896)
• 1970 » Eva Hesse, American artist (b. 1936)
• 1970 » John Gunther, American journalist and author (b. 1901)
• 1972 » Moe Berg, American baseball player, coach, and spy (b. 1902)
• 1972 » Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic (b. 1878)

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. Michael
16. Dirk

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.
• February 8 » Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration.
• June 17 » The United States Supreme Court rules 8–1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against requiring the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools.
• November 1 » The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens.
• November 18 » The first push-button telephone goes into service.
• November 22 » William Clay Ford Sr. buys the Detroit Lions for $4.5 million.
• December 22 » The cruise ship Lakonia burns 180 miles (290km) north of Madeira, Portugal with the loss of 128 lives.

The temperature on May 29, 1963 was between 10.9 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.