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• Peter Harm Tot, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Deborah J Marshall, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Lori E. Corbin († 1991)
• William Scheeren, Wamel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1968)
• Robert Cornelis van der Hilst († 2014)
• Ferry de Heer, Haarlem († 1968)
• Peter Vogel, Vlaardingen, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• N N Bijker († 1963)
• Cornelius Leo Franciscus Henricus Maria van Roessel, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bertus Mensink († 2003)

• Arendina Spijker (73), Terborg
• Anna Kanis (75), Deventer, Nederland
• Berend Stegeman (85), Collendoorn
• Anna Kanis (75), Deventer
• Anthonie Alemans (83), Rotterdam
• Bernard Johan Kruse (84), enschede
• Abraham Deurhof (82), Woerden
• Anna Adriana Noorlander (75), Dordrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Linden (82), Amsterdam
• Andries Vos de (56), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1962 » Andy Fordham, English darts player
• 1962 » Kate Raison, Australian actress
• 1962 » Michael T. Weiss, American actor
• 1962 » Paul Kilgus, American baseball player
• 1962 » Philippe Claudel, French author, director, and screenwriter
• 1963 » Andrej Kiska, Slovak entrepreneur and philanthropist, President of Slovakia
• 1963 » Eva Cassidy, American singer and guitarist († 1996)
• 1963 » Kjell Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1963 » Philip Laats, Belgian martial artist
• 1963 » Vigleik Storaas, Norwegian pianist

• 1956 » Charley Grapewin, American actor (b. 1869)
• 1956 » Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (b. 1876)
• 1956 » Truxtun Hare, American football player and hammer thrower (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1890)
• 1962 » Shlomo Hestrin, Canadian-Israeli biochemist and academic (b. 1914)
• 1966 » Hacı Ömer Sabancı, Turkish businessman (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Tullio Serafin, Italian conductor and director (b. 1878)
• 1969 » Boris Karloff, English actor (b. 1887)
• 1970 » Bertrand Russell, English mathematician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
• 1970 » Lawrence Gray, American actor (b. 1898)

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. David
15. Michael
16. Dirk

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 12 » Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.
• July 24 » The ship Bluenose II was launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The schooner is a major Canadian symbol.
• November 29 » "I Want to Hold Your Hand", recorded on October 17, 1963, is released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom.
• December 10 » An assassination attempt on the British High Commissioner in Aden kills two people and wounds dozens more.
• December 21 » "Bloody Christmas" begins in Cyprus, ultimately resulting in the displacement of 25,000–30,000 Turkish Cypriots and destruction of more than 100 villages.
• December 25 » Turkish Cypriot Bayrak Radio begins transmitting in Cyprus after Turkish Cypriots are forcibly excluded from Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation.

The temperature on February 2, 1963 was between -8.4 °C and -4.2 °C and averaged -5.8 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.