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• Sybren Johannes Galema, Harlingen, 8860, Nederland († 1967)
• Klaas Gerrit Metselaar († 2002)
• Willem Veldhuis († 2016)
• Klaas Gert Metselaar, Elim, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2002)
• Wouter Gerth, Amersfoort († 1986)
• Laura Jean Rudenga († 2002)
• Ronald Ham, Den Haag († 2003)
• Susanne Schmitt, Oberiexingen († 1978)
• Christophe Garnier de Boisgrollier de Ruolz, Tours, 37261, France († 1964)
• N.N. Bosma, Kollummerzwaag, Friesland, Nederland († 1963)

• Barbara Dorothea Gielen (85), Hout-Blerick
• Albertje de Roos (79), Winschoten (gem. Oldambt)
• Adriana Maria van Andel (80), Rotterdam
• Akke Nieuwenhuis (79), Leeuwarden, 8910, Nederland
• Bernardina Josephina Adriana Maria Kolen (63), Tilburg
• Anna Josephina Francina Vinkestein (82), Leiden
• Bruin de Vries (92), -
• Andries Jans Hollander (89), Leeuwarden
• Albert Zwaagman (70), St. Louis, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Janna Cornelia van der Zande (90), Beusichem (Buren) (GL)

• 1962 » Dwayne McDuffie, American author, screenwriter, and producer, co-founded Milestone Media († 2011)
• 1963 » Charles Barkley, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1963 » Cui Yongyuan, Chinese former anchor
• 1963 » Ian Brown, English singer-songwriter and musician
• 1963 » Joakim Nystrom, Swedish tennis player
• 1963 » Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Health
• 1964 » French Stewart, American actor
• 1964 » Jeff Maggert, American golfer
• 1964 » Tom Harris, Scottish journalist and politician
• 1964 » Willie Garson, American actor and director

• 1957 » Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Turkish scholar and politician (b. 1878)
• 1961 » Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer(b. 1879)
• 1966 » Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (b. 1885)
• 1968 » Anthony Asquith, English director and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1969 » Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor (b. 1883)
• 1972 » Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 1972 » Walter Winchell, American journalist and actor (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Kathryn Kuhlman, healing evangelist, known for belief in Holy Spirit (b. 1907)
• 1976 » René Cassin, French lawyer and judge, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)

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.
• May 2 » Berthold Seliger launches a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres near Cuxhaven. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany.
• June 12 » NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith during the civil rights movement.
• August 28 » March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech.
• September 16 » Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore soon leaves this new country.
• November 1 » The 1963 South Vietnamese coup begins.
• December 7 » Instant replay makes its debut during the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

The temperature on February 20, 1963 was between -6.6 °C and -2.1 °C and averaged -3.9 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.