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• Tine van de Pavoordt, Amsterdam († 2008)
• Maria Paulina Catharina Schipper, Babberich, Gelderland, Nederland († 2018)
• Ernst Zagers († 2016)
• Michael Aloysius (Michiel) Janssen, Zwolle, OV, Nederland († 2005)
• toon vissers, meijel
• Maria Paulina Catharina Schipper, Babberich, Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland († 2018)
• Marit van Breuseghem, Temse († 1978)
• Jan Smit († 2015)

• Chris Tonkes* (35), Haren, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Amalia Mosselmans (78)
• Adrianus Brinkkemper (76), Zaandam
• Albert George Wooden (66), aged 66 years, Bulli, NSW, AU
• Bernardus Oost (82), Assen
• Agnes Hilge (70), Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland
• * Mechtilda Allegonda Verlouw (75)
• Christian van Raden (96), Forreston, Ogle County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Arnoldus Teljeur (75), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ada Louisa Watson (93), Tasmania, Australia

• 1961 » Jon Secada, Cuban-American singer-songwriter
• 1961 » Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese author and illustrator, created Yu-Gi-Oh!
• 1961 » Philippe Russo, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 » Carlos Carsolio, Mexican mountaineer
• 1963 » A. C. Green, American basketball player
• 1963 » Koji Ishikawa, Japanese author and illustrator
• 1964 » Francis Magalona, Filipino rapper, producer, and actor († 2009)
• 1964 » Yvonne Murray, Scottish runner
• 1965 » Olaf Backasch, German footballer
• 1965 » Skip Heller, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1947 » Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1951 » Henrietta Lacks, American medical patient (b. 1920)
• 1955 » Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883)
• 1958 » Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (b. 1884)
• 1961 » Benjamin, Russian metropolitan (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Alar Kotli, Estonian architect (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
• 1974 » Anne Sexton, American poet and author (b. 1928)
• 1975 » Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1903)
• 1977 » José Ber Gelbard, Argentinian activist and politician (b. 1917)

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 5 » The European Court of Justice's ruling in Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen establishes the principle of direct effect, one of the most important, if not the most important, decisions in the development of European Union law.
• February 8 » Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration.
• June 5 » The British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, resigns in a sex scandal known as the "Profumo affair".
• November 22 » William Clay Ford Sr. buys the Detroit Lions for $4.5 million.
• December 10 » An assassination attempt on the British High Commissioner in Aden kills two people and wounds dozens more.
• December 22 » The cruise ship Lakonia burns 180 miles (290km) north of Madeira, Portugal with the loss of 128 lives.

The temperature on October 4, 1963 was between 5.3 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.