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• Maria Adriana Alida (RozeMarie) van Zeijl, Monster, Nederland († 2017)
• Maria Adriana Alida van Zeijl, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2017)
• Adrianus van der Windt, Rotterdam († 2002)
• ADRIANUS VAN DER WINDT, ROTTERDAM († 2002)
• Johannes Franciscus Elisabeth van de Grint, 's-Hertogenbosch
• RoseMarie Maria Adriana Alida van Zeijl, Monster, Nederland († 2017)
• Anita Lap, Texel († 2018)
• Hugo Van Den Broecke, Leuven, België († 2024)
• Johan Buijs († 2015)
• Diana Lynn van Beers, Chatham,Canada († 1981)

• Achille Haverbeke (83), Nederland Zeeland Sluis Oostburg
• Amanda Grace Inman
• Antonius Mathijssen (78), Roosendaal en Nispen
• Alfred Maria Fortune Frans Cesar Graaf van Oberndorf (92), Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg
• Arnoldus Schut (78), Arnhem
• Adriana Vermaat (84), Rijnsaterwoude
• Alfred Freddy Godin (87), Paquetville, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
• Catharina Anna Theodora Sannen (61), Breda
• Amelia Farnsworth (77), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America
• Alfred Maria Fortunatus Franziskus Caesar Graf von Oberndorff (92), Heidelberg,,Baden-Württemberg,Germany

• 1961 » Brett Kenny, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1961 » Todd McFarlane, Canadian author, illustrator, and businessman, founded McFarlane Toys
• 1962 » Franck Fréon, French race car driver
• 1962 » Liliane Gaschet, French athlete
• 1963 » Jerome Flynn, English actor and singer
• 1963 » Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor and singer († 2002)
• 1964 » Gore Verbinski, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964 » Jaclyn Jose, Filipino actress
• 1964 » Pascal Richard, Swiss racing cyclist
• 1964 » Patty Griffin, American singer-songwriter

• 1957 » Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Leon Cadore, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1961 » Chen Geng, Chinese general and politician (b. 1903)
• 1961 » Václav Talich, Czech violinist and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1963 » Laura Adams Armer, American author and photographer (b. 1874)
• 1965 » Alice Herz, German activist (b. 1882)
• 1967 » Thomas MacGreevy, Irish poet (b. 1893)
• 1968 » Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and translator (b. 1907)
• 1968 » Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian-American pianist and composer (b. 1895)
• 1970 » Tammi Terrell, American singer (b. 1945)

• 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 19 » The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique reawakens the feminist movement in the United States as women's organizations and consciousness raising groups spread.
• March 17 » Mount Agung erupted on Bali killing more than 1,100 people.
• August 15 » President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of the Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
• August 18 » Civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
• October 10 » France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.
• October 12 » After nearly 23 years of imprisonment, Reverend Walter Ciszek, a Jesuit missionary, was released from the Soviet Union.

The temperature on March 16, 1963 was between 3.5 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.