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• Martinus Jan Tammo Tammens, Zuidlaren, Zeegserweg 14 († 1981)
• Michael Kraayenbrink († 2019)
• Geertruida Gijsbertha Gerarda (Gemmy) van Heiningen, oosterhout († 2016)
• Bernd Schönborn († 2012)
• Willem van der Linden
• Elizabeth van de Ven, Delft
• Jan Poll († 1963)
• Geen Naam Schenk, Westzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1963)
• ASTRID JACOBA MARIA ALEXANDRA MAAT, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Erica Muller, Alkmaar, Noord Holland, Nederland († 2013)

• Aaltje Lammertsen (64)
• Adriana Lucas (88), Zwaluwe
• Barbara van der Burg (80), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• alida knelsina smeenk (78), groningen
• Beatrice CURTIS (56), Los Angeles County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Antje à Nijholt (82), Joure, Nederland
• Aart BENSCHOP (67), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Bernardus van Melzen (73), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Evink ? (87), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan Bastiaan van Dijke (72), Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1962 » Eric Allan Kramer, American-Canadian actor
• 1962 » John Stockton, American basketball player and coach
• 1962 » Kevin Seitzer, American baseball player and coach
• 1962 » Richard Coles, English pianist, saxophonist, and priest
• 1962 » Yuri Gidzenko, Russian pilot and cosmonaut
• 1963 » Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Japanese author
• 1964 » Maria Miller, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
• 1964 » Martin Bella, Australian rugby league player
• 1964 » Martin Donnelly, Irish racing driver
• 1964 » Ulf Samuelsson, Swedish-American ice hockey player and coach

• 1951 » James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864)
• 1954 » Charles Perrin, French rower (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Édouard Herriot, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
• 1958 » Phil Mead, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1887)
• 1959 » Raymond Chandler, American crime novelist and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1966 » Victor Hochepied, French swimmer (b. 1883)
• 1969 » John Kennedy Toole, American novelist (b. 1937)
• 1973 » Johnny Drake, American football player (b. 1916)
• 1973 » Noël Coward, English playwright, actor, and composer (b. 1899)
• 1979 » Beauford Delaney, American-French painter (b. 1901)

• 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 29 » The first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced.
• June 10 » The Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex, was signed into law by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program.
• June 17 » A day after South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm announced the Joint Communiqué to end the Buddhist crisis, a riot involving around 2,000 people breaks out. One person is killed.
• July 26 » Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.
• October 7 » President Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
• December 8 » Pan Am Flight 214, a Boeing 707, is struck by lightning and crashes near Elkton, Maryland, killing all 81 people on board.

The temperature on March 26, 1963 was between 1.6 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.