About the day » Saturday August 31, 1963Calender converter

• Cynthia L Kostelijk, USA:Illinois:Cook:Roseland († 2008)
• Harry Prins († 1972)
• Jeffrey Adam Whisenant († 2004)
• henricus catharina maria (eric) hunnekens, helden-beringe
• Cynthia Kostelyk, Roseland, Illinois, VS († 2008)
• Hielke Brugts, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Sabine Kuitert, Enschede, Overijssel, The Netherlands († 1966)
• Yvette Emmy Renée Maria Wageman, Kortessem, België († 1975)
• Yvonne Lucas, Ridderkerk († 2008)
• Wilhelmina Adriana Smit, Utrecht († 1988)

• Anna Hendrika Maria Rijntjes (74), Utrecht
• Anton Hendrik Beijer (79), Rhenen
• Anna Maria Plum (74), Heerlen
• Clyde Palmer Welch (57)
• Barend de Boer (61), Rotterdam
• Blanche Elizabeth Taylor (68), Long-Term Care Facilities, New Boston, Scioto Co., OH
• Anna Maria Aarts (56), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Delbert Lindsey Short (61)
• Cornelius Martinus Mutsaerts (87), Hilvarenbeek
• Chloe Lyon Herrick

• 1960 » Vali Ionescu, Romanian long jumper
• 1961 » Kieran Crowley, New Zealand rugby player
• 1961 » Magnus Ilmjärv, Estonian historian and author
• 1962 » Dee Bradley Baker, American voice actor
• 1963 » Reb Beach, American guitarist
• 1963 » Rituparno Ghosh, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1963 » Sonny Silooy, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1964 » Raymond P. Hammond, American poet and critic
• 1965 » Susan Gritton, English soprano and actress
• 1965 » Zsolt Borkai, Hungarian gymnast and politician

• 1952 » Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Elsa Barker, American author and poet (b. 1869)
• 1963 » Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor (b. 1882)
• 1965 » E. E. Smith, American engineer and author (b. 1890)
• 1967 » Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian journalist and author (b. 1891)
• 1968 » John Hartle, English motorcycle racer (b. 1933)
• 1969 » Rocky Marciano, American boxer (b. 1923)
• 1973 » John Ford, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1974 » Norman Kirk, New Zealand engineer and politician, 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1923)
• 1974 » William Pershing Benedict, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)

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.
• July 1 » The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.
• July 22 » Crown Colony of Sarawak gains self-governance.
• August 30 » The Moscow–Washington hotline between the leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union goes into operation.
• October 3 » A violent coup in Honduras begins two decades of military rule.
• November 22 » William Clay Ford Sr. buys the Detroit Lions for $4.5 million.
• November 29 » "I Want to Hold Your Hand", recorded on October 17, 1963, is released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom.

The temperature on August 31, 1963 was between 12.2 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 18.2 mm of rain during 9.8 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (6%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.