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• James Thomas Statzer, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Frank SCHRAMM, Bielefeld, Germany († 2015)
• Gijsbertus Wilhelmus Johannes (Gijs) van Schip, Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Jansje Rietberg († 1967)
• Robert Lee van der Plaats, Sheldon, O'Brien County, Iowa
• Antoinette Eva Drijber, Ommen († 2013)
• Elske Haites, Nieuwer Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Ingrid HOOGENSTEIN, Voorschoten († 2021)
• José van Ginneken, Bavel
• Carla Zeegers († 1974)

• Antonia Symaes (87), Lier, België
• Augustinus Josephus D'Hulster (68), Slijpe
• Anna ten Have (87), Middelstum, Groningen, Nederland
• Alphonsus Maria Joseph Lodewijk Frans Lagast (74), Van Maerlantstr 38, Blankenberge
• Agnes Maria Hubertina Erdkamp (76)
• Cornelia Catharina Nijland (93), Amersfoort
• Agnes Maria Hubertina Erdkamp (76), Roermond
• Cornelia Coomans (89), Loon op Zand
• Berend Haak (80)
• Cornelia Wilhelmina Christina van Toorn (45), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1961 » Charles Mann, American football player and sportscaster
• 1961 » Corrado Fabi, Italian racing driver
• 1961 » Magda Szubanski, English-Australian actress, comedian and writer
• 1962 » Art Alexakis, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1962 » Carlos Sainz, Spanish racing driver
• 1962 » Nobuhiko Takada, Japanese mixed martial artist and wrestler, founded Hustle
• 1963 » Lydia Cacho, Mexican journalist and author
• 1964 » Chris Fairclough, English footballer and coach
• 1965 » Amy Ray, American folk-rock singer-songwriter, musician, and music producer
• 1965 » Kim Bodnia, Danish actor and director

• 1945 » Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Lionel Logue, Australian actor and therapist (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1923)
• 1966 » Sydney Allard, English racing driver and founder of the Allard car company (b. 1910)
• 1968 » Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer (b. 1899)
• 1971 » Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and dentist (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Arthur Freed, American songwriter and producer (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Josephine Baker, French actress, activist, and humanitarian (b. 1906)
• 1977 » Philip K. Wrigley, American businessman, co-founded Lincoln Park Gun Club (b. 1894)
• 1980 » William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian politician, 20th President of Liberia (b. 1913)

• 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.
• March 17 » Mount Agung erupted on Bali killing more than 1,100 people.
• July 7 » Buddhist crisis: The police of Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of President Ngo Dinh Diem, attacked a group of American journalists who were covering a protest.
• August 28 » March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech.
• November 29 » Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board.
• December 25 » Turkish Cypriot Bayrak Radio begins transmitting in Cyprus after Turkish Cypriots are forcibly excluded from Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation.

The temperature on April 12, 1963 was between -0.9 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.