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• Rita Holt
• Levenloos geboren kind Kuijs, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1963)
• Paul Andre Joseph Wetzel, Dallas, TX
• Leon B de Boer, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2012)
• Eric Johannes Johanneszn. Witte, Heiloo († 1981)
• Erik Johannes Witte, Heiloo († 1981)
• Kenneth Brian Lohstroh
• Eric Johannes Witte, Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1981)
• Marc Janssen, Overlangel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)
• Erik Johannes Witte, Heiloo († 1981)

• Arnoldina van Eik (17), Groningen
• Cicilia Johanna Platteel (81), Leiden
• Catharina Appollonia Storm (76), Delft
• Catharina Suetens (71), Valkenswaard, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Auke Sybrens Bergsma (79), Snits, Fryslân, Nederlân
• Cornelis Bernardus Aloijsius van Bavel (69), Oud-en Nieuw Gastel
• Aalt van de Kolk (88), Apeldoorn
• Cornelis Bernardus Aloysius van Bavel (69), Oud Gastel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Schreurs (78), Grevenbicht, Provincie Limburg, Nederland
• Cecilia Johanna Platteel (81), Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland

• 1961 » Jon Stevens, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1961 » Simon Burke, Australian actor and producer
• 1961 » Steven Bernstein, American trumpet player and composer
• 1962 » Bruno Thiry, Belgian race car driver
• 1962 » Chen Xiaoxia, Chinese diver
• 1962 » Richard Lintern, British actor
• 1963 » Steve Perry, American ska singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964 » CeCe Winans, American singer-songwriter
• 1964 » Ian Hart, English actor
• 1964 » Jakob Arjouni, German author († 2013)

• 1952 » Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kathleen Ferrier, English soprano (b. 1912)
• 1953 » Nigel Bruce, British actor (b. 1895)
• 1955 » Iry LeJeune, American accordion player (b. 1928)
• 1958 » Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author and translator (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican painter (b. 1908)
• 1967 » Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883)
• 1970 » Jean Giono, French author and poet (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher, playwright, and critic (b. 1889)
• 1977 » Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1902)

• 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.
• April 21 » The first election of the Universal House of Justice is held, marking its establishment as the supreme governing institution of the Bahá'í Faith.
• June 3 » Soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army attack protesting Buddhists in Huế with liquid chemicals from tear-gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalized for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments.
• August 24 » Buddhist crisis: As a result of the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids, the US State Department cables the United States Embassy, Saigon to encourage Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals to launch a coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm if he did not remove his brother Ngô Đình Nhu.
• October 3 » A violent coup in Honduras begins two decades of military rule.
• October 4 » Hurricane Flora kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti.
• 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 8, 1963 was between 2.6 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.