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• Joey Ellen Laymon († 2003)
• Petronella Hendrika Hamakers, Tegelen
• Netha Ann Boelman, Colorado († 2023)
• Joseph Hubertus Antonius (Joske) Billekens, Panningen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1964)
• joseph hubertus antonius (joske) billekens, helden-panningen († 1964)
• Richard Snijders
• Samuël Kiewiet († 2010)
• Mitchell Marvin Ryan, Creek, Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands († 2019)
• Maria Catharina (Rita) Beekelaar, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Clasina Johanna Boskeljon, Den Helder († 2006)

• Antje Betten (77)
• Agatha (Aagje) Scholten (87), Castricum
• Alwart van Aalderen (67), Meppel
• Anneus Frederik Jean Edmond EILERTS DE HAAN (72)
• Amanda Bell Darden (95), Coosa, Alabama, United States
• Anna Maria Meinders (42), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonia Johanna Catharina Nederpelt (88), Den Haag,·Äôs-Gravenhage,Zuid Holland,Nederland
• Aaltje Anthonia Francisca OVERHOFF (75), Soest (NL/UT)
• Aagje Scholten (87), Castricum
• Albertje Veldtman (69), Hoogezand-Sappemeer

• 1962 » Caron Keating, British television host († 2004)
• 1962 » Michael Andretti, American race car driver
• 1962 » Thomas Herbst, German footballer and manager
• 1963 » Laura Davies, English golfer and sportscaster
• 1963 » Michael Hadschieff, Austrian speed skater
• 1963 » Nick Robinson, English journalist and blogger
• 1963 » Tony Dodemaide, Australian cricketer
• 1964 » Dave Dederer, American guitarist and singer
• 1964 » Malik Saidullaev, Russian businessman
• 1964 » Philip A. Haigh, English historian and author

• 1942 » Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer (b. 1861)
• 1943 » Leon Roppolo, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1902)
• 1950 » Frederic Lewy, German-American neurologist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1952 » Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Clifton Williams, American astronaut (b. 1932)
• 1976 » Barbara Nichols, American actress (b. 1928)
• 1976 » Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Gloria Grahame, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1983 » Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded the Tupperware Corporation (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (b. 1897)

• 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 » The regime of Prime Minister of Iraq, Brigadier General Abd al-Karim Qasim is overthrown by the Ba'ath Party.
• March 8 » The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council of the Revolutionary Command.
• June 17 » A day after South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm announced the Joint Communiqué to end the Buddhist crisis, a riot involving around 2,000 people breaks out. One person is killed.
• August 21 » Xá Lợi Pagoda raids: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalizes Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
• October 12 » After nearly 23 years of imprisonment, Reverend Walter Ciszek, a Jesuit missionary, was released from the Soviet Union.
• November 29 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

The temperature on October 5, 1963 was between 6.3 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 9.6 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.