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• Eric DE BRUYN, Beveren, België († 2020)
• Jacobus Rudolf Terhorst, Amsterdam († 2011)
• Astrid theresia van Pinxteren († 2000)
• Barend Hendrik Kerkhoff, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Monica Johanna Wilhelmina Schutijser, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Michael J. Hoostal, Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2021)
• Júlio Cesar Macedônio Buys, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil († 1963)
• Jacobus Rudolf Terhorst, Amsterdam († 2011)
• Gerjon Eghuizen, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2019)
• Ruth Mae Richardson, Valparaiso, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1969)

• Anna Vreeswijk (69), Bakel, Gemeente Gemert-Bakel, North Brabant, Niederlande
• Cornelia Henrica Johanna Wagemakers (51), Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelia Adriana van der Raad (51), Noordwijk
• Cornelia Alida Nicolette van Lier (91), Baarle-Nassau
• Cornelis Marinis Kleppe (99), Scherpenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Clementina Wilhelmina Woning (82), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Clazina Keijzer (84), Gouda,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alva(h) F Miller (72), Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Trienen (69), Enschede
• Cornelia van Luttervelt (91), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1960 » Andrés Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player
• 1960 » Johnny Van Zant, American singer-songwriter
• 1961 » James Worthy, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1962 » Adam Baldwin, American actor
• 1963 » Nasty Suicide, Finnish musician and pharmacist
• 1964 » Jeffrey Pasley, American educator and academic
• 1965 » Noah Emmerich, American actor
• 1965 » Pedro Chaves, Portuguese race car driver
• 1966 » Donal Logue, Canadian actor and director
• 1966 » Oliver Reck, German footballer and manager

• 1943 » Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1859)
• 1956 » Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Orry-Kelly, Australian-American costume designer (b. 1897)
• 1968 » Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
• 1969 » Marius Barbeau, Canadian ethnographer and academic (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Bill Everett, American author and illustrator (b. 1917)
• 1977 » John Dickson Carr, American author and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1980 » George Tobias, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1985 » Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., American politician and diplomat, 3rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1902)
• 1985 » Ray Ellington, English singer and drummer (b. 1916)

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.
• January 23 » The Guinea-Bissau War of Independence officially begins when PAIGC guerrilla fighters attack the Portuguese army stationed in Tite.
• March 17 » Mount Agung erupted on Bali killing more than 1,100 people.
• June 21 » Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini is elected as Pope Paul VI.
• August 18 » Civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
• November 29 » "I Want to Hold Your Hand", recorded on October 17, 1963, is released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom.
• 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.

The temperature on February 27, 1963 was between -7.4 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.