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• Adrianus van der Windt, Rotterdam († 2002)
• Maria Adriana Alida (RozeMarie) van Zeijl, Monster, Nederland († 2017)
• Georgius Maria Hooijschuur, Heiloo († 1964)
• ADRIANUS VAN DER WINDT, ROTTERDAM († 2002)
• Johan Buijs († 2015)
• Raymund Otten, Keijenburg (B), België († 1969)
• Marianne Kroon, Vinkeveen († 1963)
• Anita Lap, Texel († 2018)
• James de Kleine († 2002)
• Johannes Franciscus Elisabeth van de Grint, 's-Hertogenbosch

• Achille Haverbeke (83), IJzendijke
• Amanda Grace Inman
• Achile Haverbeke (83), Oostburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Kornelis Buiter (95), Tolbert
• Albert Jan Seigers (76), Lemele
• Annette Hubertine Dubislav (70), Maastricht
• Arnoldus Schut (78), Arnhem
• Antonius Mathijssen (78), Roosendaal en Nispen
• Amalie HUBER (59), Sigmertshausen, Bavaria, Duitsland
• August Despiegelaere (77), Beernem

• 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)

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. Dirk
15. David
16. Michael

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 27 » The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.
• April 26 » In Libya, amendments to the constitution transform Libya (United Kingdom of Libya) into one national unity (Kingdom of Libya) and allows for female participation in elections.
• 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 30 » The Moscow–Washington hotline between the leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union goes into operation.
• September 15 » Baptist Church bombing: Four children killed in the bombing of an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
• November 25 » President John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.; his assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, is buried on the same day in Fort Worth, Texas.

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.