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• Barend Hendrik Kerkhoff, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Cheryl Lynn Terfehn, Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa († 1994)
• Jacobus Rudolf Terhorst, Amsterdam († 2011)
• Dirk (Dick) Cornelis den Hollander, Breda, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 2017)
• Eric DE BRUYN, Beveren, België († 2020)
• Yvonne Jacqueline van Os, Delft
• Gerjon Eghuizen, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2019)
• Astrid theresia van Pinxteren († 2000)
• Michael J. Hoostal, Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2021)
• Júlio Cesar Macedônio Buys, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil († 1963)

• Adrianus van den Breemer (59)
• Arnoldus van Alst (77)
• Anna Schiphuis (65), Groningen
• Anna Vreeswijk (69), Bakel, Gemeente Gemert-Bakel, North Brabant, Niederlande
• Antje Fokker (74)
• Aalbert Luijendijk (60), Numansdorp, Cromstrijen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Alicia Josepha Kegels (40), Bornem
• Arnold Steffens (75)
• Agnes Gellings (84), Eindhoven
• Alva(h) F Miller (72), Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 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)

• 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.
• July 1 » The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.
• August 8 » Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal £2.6million in bank notes.
• August 8 » The Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), the current ruling party of Zimbabwe, is formed by a split from the Zimbabwe African People's Union.
• August 22 » X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program (107.96km (67.08mi) (354,200 feet)).
• October 4 » Hurricane Flora kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti.
• November 22 » William Clay Ford Sr. buys the Detroit Lions for $4.5 million.

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.