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• Jacobus Maria Henricus Cardinaal, Leende, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Edmund Manfred Slootman († 1992)
• Johannes Soeteman († 2017)
• Jack Otto Brocka († 1963)
• Geerdina (Gerda) Mellema († 2020)
• Anita van der Helm, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Eveline Julienne Roox, Veldwezelt († 1963)
• Kathryn Renee Renaud, Jefferson, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Janneke DEN HERTOG, Leiden Zuid-Holland Netherlands († 2010)
• Jan Judicus Kaasjager († 2024)

• Aaldrik Drenth (3)
• Anna Teuling (84), Gorinchem
• Antje Sietzes Bergsma (81), Heerenveen
• Alida Maria Broere (61), Rotterdam
• Aafke Kloosterman (91), Buitenpost, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert van den Broek (75), Soest, Nederland
• Anna Hendrika Smulders (54), Hilvarenbeek
• Adrianus Nicolaas Fangmann (73), Hillegom
• Alfred Ephraim Goldstein (85), Hannehmann Hospital, 3698 California St., San Francisco, California, Verenigde Staten
• ALIDA DE RAAF (85), VLAARDINGEN

• 1961 » Neil Henry, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1961 » Yelena Sinchukova, Russian long jumper
• 1962 » Aivar Lillevere, Estonian footballer and coach
• 1962 » David Arnold, English composer
• 1962 » Elvira Lindo, Spanish journalist and author
• 1964 » Bharrat Jagdeo, Guyanese economist and politician, 7th President of Guyana
• 1964 » Jonatha Brooke, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964 » Mario Roberge, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1964 » Mariska Hargitay, American actress and producer
• 1965 » Louie Clemente, American drummer

• 1956 » Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director and producer (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Józef Gosławski, Polish sculptor (b. 1908)
• 1966 » T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician († 1895)
• 1971 » Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic (b. 1871)
• 1973 » Alexander Onassis, American-Greek businessman (b. 1948)
• 1973 » Kid Ory, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1886)
• 1976 » Paul Robeson, American actor, singer, and activist (b. 1898)
• 1977 » Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant (b. 1903)
• 1978 » Jack Oakie, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1978 » Terry Kath, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1946)

• 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.
• April 30 » The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom.
• May 11 » Racist bombings in Birmingham, Alabama, disrupt nonviolence in the Birmingham campaign and precipitate a crisis involving federal troops.
• July 1 » The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.
• August 8 » Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal £2.6million in bank notes.
• September 4 » Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
• December 14 » The dam containing the Baldwin Hills Reservoir bursts, killing five people and damaging hundreds of homes in Los Angeles, California.

The temperature on January 23, 1963 was between -9.5 °C and -0.4 °C and averaged -3.8 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly clouded was.