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• NN Saelmans, Heerlen,Gemeente Heerlen,Limburg,Nederland († 1963)
• Hendrikus Dominicus Nas, Nijmegen († 2004)
• Christoffel Johannes Maria van Dijk, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Marnick Degryse, Roeselare († 1965)
• Martinus Hubertus Gerardus Marie Kusters, Geleen
• Margaretha Maria Schweigmann, Leeuwarden († 2012)
• Willem Polman, Texel († 2008)
• Jolanda Cora Macdaniel, Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jeffrey Mark Schulte, Cedar Rapids, Iowa († 2006)
• Francisca Christina Maria Kapteijns, Sint-Michielsgestel († 2017)

• Antonia Petronella van Gessel (78), Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia van Ruremonde (44), Boxtel, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van den Broek (80), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Pelzers (93), Urmond (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Albert Soen (45), Dadizele,8890,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Kulker (33), Utrecht
• Alphonsus Everardus Maria van der Harten (75), Eindhoven
• Alphonse Everardus Maria (Fons) van der Harten (75), Eindhoven
• Andries Johannes Ouwejan (82), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Cecilia De Bodt (71), Outer

• 1961 » Lars-Erik Torph, Swedish racing driver († 1989)
• 1962 » Brian Moore, English rugby player
• 1962 » Chris Bryant, Welsh politician, Minister of State for Europe
• 1962 » Susan Lindauer, American journalist and activist
• 1963 » Petra Schneider, German swimmer
• 1963 » Tracy Caulkins, American-Australian swimmer
• 1964 » Albert Dupontel, French actor and director
• 1964 » Ralph Recto, Filipino lawyer and politician
• 1965 » Aleksey Zhukov, Russian footballer and coach
• 1965 » Mascarita Sagrada, Mexican wrestler

• 1957 » Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and politician, Solicitor-General of Australia (b. 1867)
• 1958 » Alec Rowley, English organist and composer (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Edna Purviance, American actress (b. 1895)
• 1961 » Elena Gerhardt, German soprano and actress (b. 1883)
• 1963 » Arthur Nock, English-American scholar, theologian, and academic (b. 1902)
• 1965 » Wally Pipp, American baseball player (b. 1893)
• 1966 » Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter (b. 1901)
• 1966 » Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India (b. 1904)
• 1968 » Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli linguist and scholar (b. 1876)
• 1969 » Richmal Crompton, English author and educator (b. 1890)

• 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.
• March 21 » Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary (in California) closes.
• 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.
• July 1 » The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.
• July 1 » ZIP codes are introduced for United States mail.
• July 26 » An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead.
• November 29 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

The temperature on January 11, 1963 was between -13.2 °C and -6.1 °C and averaged -9.9 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.