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• Patrick Philip SEGERS, Halle,1500,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 2014)
• Gary Andrew van den Ende, Marathon, Ontario, Canada
• wilhelmus antonius maria (wiek) janssen, helden-panningen
• Hadrianus C. (harry) Keizer
• Freda Veronica Miller († 1993)
• Edna BÖHMER († 1991)
• Daniel Maria Paulus Caekebeke, Aalst († 1995)
• Henricus Wilhelmus Maria Gerardus Manders, Venray, Limburg, Netherlands († 1980)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1963)
• Harrie Manders, Leunen, Li.NL († 1980)

• aart van der KAA (82), strijen
• Albert Hendriksz de Weerd (80), Langelille onder scherpenzeel, fr.nld
• Bessie Labelle Williams (86)
• Angelina Abeele (86), Roeselare
• Antonius Wilhelmus Findhammer (73), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adolphe Aloïs Molly (73), Mouscron, Hainaut, Belgium
• Amanda Augusta McClintock (83)
• Antje Lena de Bruijn (85), Delft
• Anna Louise Martin (79), Alameda County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia Lesh (70), Rockdale, Will, Illinois, Verenigde Staten

• 1960 » Dominique Wilkins, French-American basketball player and manager
• 1960 » Oliver Platt, Canadian-American actor
• 1961 » Simon Russell Beale, Malaysia-born English actor and historian
• 1962 » Joe Quesada, American author and illustrator
• 1962 » Luna Vachon, American-Canadian wrestler and manager († 2010)
• 1962 » Richie Richardson, Antiguan cricketer
• 1963 » François Girard, Canadian director and screenwriter
• 1963 » Nando Reis, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1964 » Jeff Bezos, American computer scientist and businessman, founded Amazon.com
• 1965 » Rob Zombie, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director

• 1958 » Charles Hatfield, American meteorologist (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Nevil Shute, English engineer and author (b. 1899)
• 1962 » Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1869)
• 1965 » Lorraine Hansberry, American author, playwright, and director (b. 1936)
• 1967 » Burhan Asaf Belge, Turkish diplomat (b. 1887)
• 1971 » John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (b. 1885)
• 1973 » Roy Franklin Nichols, American historian and academic (b. 1896)
• 1974 » Princess Patricia of Connaught (b. 1886)
• 1976 » Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1977 » Henri-Georges Clouzot, French director and screenwriter (b. 1907)

• 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.
• January 2 » Vietnam War: The Viet Cong wins its first major victory, at the Battle of Ap Bac.
• April 10 » One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the submarine USSThresher sinks at sea.
• April 21 » The first election of the Universal House of Justice is held, marking its establishment as the supreme governing institution of the Bahá'í Faith.
• April 26 » In Libya, amendments to the constitution transform Libya (United Kingdom of Libya) into one national unity (Kingdom of Libya) and allows for female participation in elections.
• May 25 » The Organisation of African Unity is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• June 12 » NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith during the civil rights movement.

The temperature on January 12, 1963 was between -13.2 °C and -7.0 °C and averaged -9.9 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.