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• Carol Ann Hayworth
• Lia Houtman, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Ron Bakkum († 1991)
• Ulbe Wassenaar, Baflo
• Freddie Smits, Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1974)
• Amanda Marie Hayworth
• Sipkje van der Gaast, Follega
• maria elisabeth johanna (marlies) reinders, helden-beringe
• Josephien Petra de Vries, Groningen († 2012)

• Arie van der Linden, Fijnaart
• Aukje Hoogeveen (89), Hilversum
• Anna Cornelia Verschure (76), Oss, Nederland
• Arthur Jozef Willaert (85), Zarren
• Cornelia de Jager (81)
• Belia Rook (76)
• Aegidius Lankhorst (93), Deventer
• Cornelia Frances Morrison (92), Garnett, Anderson County, Kansas, United States of America
• Alfred Jacobus Lauret (74), Hontenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Cornelia Saaman (67), Wolphaartsdijk, Goes, Zeeland, Netherlands

• 1961 » Christa Kinshofer, German ski racer
• 1961 » Guido Buchwald, German footballer and manager
• 1961 » Jorge Barrios, Uruguayan footballer
• 1961 » Nastassja Kinski, German-American actress and producer
• 1961 » William Van Dijck, Belgian runner
• 1963 » Arnold Vanderlyde, Dutch boxer
• 1964 » Annika Dahlman, Swedish cross country skier
• 1965 » Carlos Saldanha, Brazilian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1965 » Margaret Urlich, New Zealand singer-songwriter
• 1965 » Robin Dutt, German footballer

• 1960 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 » Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Turkish author, poet, and scholar (b. 1901)
• 1962 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Stanley Lord, English naval captain (b. 1877)
• 1965 » Winston Churchill, English colonel and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1966 » Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist and academic (b. 1909)
• 1970 » Caresse Crosby, American fashion designer and publisher, co-founded the Black Sun Press (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Bill W., American activist, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1895)
• 1973 » J. Carrol Naish, American actor (b. 1896)

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. Dirk
15. David
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. 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.
• May 3 » The police force in Birmingham, Alabama switches tactics and responds with violent force to stop the "Birmingham campaign" protesters. Images of the violent suppression are transmitted worldwide, bringing new-found attention to the civil rights movement.
• June 16 » In an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam, a Joint Communique was signed between President Ngo Dinh Diem and Buddhist leaders.
• June 30 » Ciaculli bombing: a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven police officers and military personnel near Palermo.
• November 22 » William Clay Ford Sr. buys the Detroit Lions for $4.5 million.
• November 24 » Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is killed by Jack Ruby.
• December 10 » An assassination attempt on the British High Commissioner in Aden kills two people and wounds dozens more.

The temperature on January 24, 1963 was between -8.5 °C and 1.1 °C and averaged -3.7 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.