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• Michael Jay Huizenga, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 1963)
• Werner de Ridder, Sluiskil († 1990)
• Anne Marie Chantal THIBAUT de MAISIÈRES, Bruxelles, 21004, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique († 2022)
• Leon Maspaitella, Waai, Indonesië († 2001)
• Levenloos Seijkens, Helmond († 1963)
• Michael Erik Alexander Derksen, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, V.S († 1963)
• Martha Johanna Bergman, Oudeschild, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1985)
• Erik Van Beerschoten, Ermelo (Gld) The Netherlands († 1985)
• Rene Van 'T Hof
• Saskia Alida Maria Vermeer, Goes († 1964)

• Antje Kalff (83), Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Charles de Neubronner (50)
• Antoinetta Catharina Louisa Maria van Gils (73), Etten-Leur
• Antje Bergsma (83), Bergum, Friesland, Netherlands
• Catharina Maria Elisabeth Reijven (71), Tilburg
• * Arnoldus # van Bladel (101), Eindhoven
• Bartens van Doorn (87), Oudewater (UT, NLD)
• Christina Margaretha Hartwijk (73), Leiden
• Catharina Maria Elisabeth Rijven (71), Tilburg
• Allegonda Debora Regtien (23), Amsterdam

• 1961 » Andoni Zubizarreta, Spanish footballer and sportscaster
• 1961 » Laurie Halse Anderson, American author
• 1961 » Vinicio Gómez, Guatemalan politician († 2008)
• 1962 » Doug Flutie, American football player, sportscaster, and drummer
• 1963 » Gordon Korman, Canadian-American author
• 1963 » Rashidi Yekini, Nigerian footballer
• 1964 » Anabell López, Cuban singer
• 1964 » Eddy Cue, American computer scientist and businessman
• 1964 » Robert Trujillo, American bass player and songwriter
• 1965 » Augusten Burroughs, American author and screenwriter

• 1943 » Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Charles Glover Barkla, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Hana Brady, Czech holocaust victim (b. 1931)
• 1950 » Al Jolson, Lithuanian-American actor and singer (b. 1886)
• 1953 » Adrien de Noailles, French son of Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles (b. 1869)
• 1959 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter (b. 1885)
• 1959 » Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (b. 1871)
• 1964 » Frank Luther Mott, American historian and journalist (b. 1886)
• 1978 » Maybelle Carter, American singer and autoharp player (Carter Family) (b. 1909)
• 1983 » Jessica Savitch, American journalist (b. 1947)

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.
• February 8 » Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration.
• April 11 » Pope John XXIII issues Pacem in terris, the first encyclical addressed to all Christians instead of only Catholics, and which described the conditions for world peace in human terms.
• April 16 » Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
• October 7 » President Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
• October 18 » Félicette, a black and white female Parisian stray cat becomes the first cat launched into space.
• November 2 » South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm is assassinated following a military coup.

The temperature on October 23, 1963 was between 1.9 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.