About the day » Saturday May 11, 1963Calender converter

• Charles Marshall Stephenson, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada († 2021)
• Maarten P. Heijkoop († 2011)
• Jeroen Alexander Le Rütte, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Roelf Hulshof, Onstwedde
• Joannes WIlhelmus Theodorus de Goey, Wateringen, Nederland († 2020)
• ELISABETH ADRIANA WASSENAAR, UITHOORN, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Natasha Jane Richardson, Marylebone, London, England († 2009)
• Evert Lamme († 1963)
• Annemieke van Sijp, Eierland (Texel, NH) († 2003)
• Suzan Huiszoon, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands († 2010)

• Achiel Léon NOTERMAN (74), Etikhove, 45011, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Anna Maria Westendorp (87)
• Bernardus Martens (86), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andries de Haan (74), Naarden
• Anno Cnossen (27), Sneek
• Bernardus Hendricus Alphonsus Brink ten (78), Heerlen, Lim, Nederland
• Christina Verbaan (62)
• Albert Oost (51), Winschoten
• Adolf Gisin (77), IJmuiden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Catharina Bernardina Tonia Burger (51), Den Haag

• 1955 » John DeStefano, Jr., American politician, 49th Mayor of New Haven
• 1957 » Mike Nesbitt, Northern Irish journalist and politician
• 1962 » Steve Bono, American football player
• 1964 » Bobby Witt, American baseball player
• 1964 » Floyd Youmans, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1967 » Alberto García Aspe, Mexican footballer and manager
• 1969 » Mitch Healey, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1969 » Simon Vroemen, Dutch runner
• 1970 » Harold Ford, Jr., American lawyer and politician
• 1970 » Jason Queally, English cyclist

• 1955 » Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)
• 1960 » John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1874)
• 1963 » Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1967 » James E. Brewton, American painter (b. 1930)
• 1979 » Lester Flatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
• 1981 » Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Zenna Henderson, American writer (b. 1917)
• 1985 » Chester Gould, American cartoonist, created Dick Tracy (b. 1900)
• 1986 » Fritz Pollard, American football player and coach (b. 1894)

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. David
15. Michael
16. Dirk

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.
• April 16 » Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
• 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.
• July 1 » ZIP codes are introduced for United States mail.
• July 26 » The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development votes to admit Japan.
• October 18 » Félicette, a black and white female Parisian stray cat becomes the first cat launched into space.
• November 29 » Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board.

The temperature on May 11, 1963 was between 8.1 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 8.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.