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• johannes de GROOT, oud-beijerland († 2019)
• Dingenis Marinus de Jonge, Apeldoorn († 2014)
• Irene van Dijk, Doorn, Utrecht, Nederland († 1963)
• Arend Zweekhorst, Vaassen († 1966)
• Karen Gene Olson, Bakersfield, California († 2012)
• Rene Janssen, Roermond († 1983)
• hans gommans, helden
• Joke Wunnink († 2018)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1963)
• Clemi Oudt, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)

• Berendina Brust (70), Winschoten
• Antje van der Meer (66), Leeuwarden
• Anne Kirstine MADSEN (80), Amstelveen,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ben Beijerink (72)
• Bartholomeus Johannes Schampers (82), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie van der Landen (93), Woerden
• Arentje van Vliet (77), Rotterdam
• Adriaan Willem Nederlof (64), Rotterdam
• Andries Molenaar (85), Utrecht
• Amalia Maria Cornelia Schliekelmann (82), Groningen

• 1958 » Matt Frewer, American-Canadian actor
• 1960 » Michael Stipe, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1963 » Dave Foley, Canadian comedian, actor, director, and producer
• 1963 » Martina Proeber, German diver
• 1964 » Susan Devoy, New Zealand squash player
• 1965 » Craig Revel Horwood, Australian-English dancer, choreographer, and director
• 1965 » Guy Forget, French tennis player
• 1965 » Julia Ormond, English actress and producer
• 1966 » Deana Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1967 » David Toms, American golfer and philanthropist

• 1941 » Henri Bergson, French philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1943 » Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Greek-Polish swimmer and water polo player (b. 1911)
• 1944 » Kaj Munk, Danish playwright and pastor (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
• 1961 » Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1962 » Hans Lammers, German jurist and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » T. S. Eliot, American-English poet, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1967 » Donald Campbell, English racing driver and world speed record holder (b. 1921)
• 1969 » Paul Chambers, American bassist and composer (b. 1935)
• 1975 » Carlo Levi, Italian painter, author, and activist (b. 1902)

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.
• March 5 » American country music stars Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and their pilot Randy Hughes are killed in a plane crash in Camden, Tennessee.
• May 30 » A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination during the Buddhist crisis is held outside South Vietnam's National Assembly, the first open demonstration during the eight-year rule of Ngo Dinh Diem.
• June 5 » The British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, resigns in a sex scandal known as the "Profumo affair".
• June 24 » The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government.
• June 30 » Ciaculli bombing: a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven police officers and military personnel near Palermo.
• November 18 » The first push-button telephone goes into service.

The temperature on January 4, 1963 was between -3.1 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. There was 12.0 mm of rain during 16.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.