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• Dianne Sylvia Monteny, Australië († 1983)
• Saskia PÖPPING († 2005)
• Theodorus Martinus Agerbeek, Nieuwer-Amstel, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Maxime BARBIER, Bruxelles, Brabant, Belgique († 1999)
• Clara Johanna Dieckmann, Renkum († 1988)
• Ad van de Luijtgaarden
• Ad van de Luytgaarden
• Susan Renae Blommers, Pella, Marion, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Felix van der Vlist († 1963)
• Alfred Crosby († 1999)

• Dirk (Theo) Verhaar (Voorhaar, Verhaer) (65), Utrecht, Nederland
• Cora May House (75), West Burlington, Bradford, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Carl A Cook, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaan RUITER (77), Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cecila WUBBEN (65), Breda, Carroll, Iowa, United States
• Anna Maria Wilms (59), Brunssum
• Augustine Wilhelmine Bäcke (77), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alphonsus Maria Antonius Franciscus Coenen (69), Weert
• Afra Reus (71), Grootebroek, Stede Broec, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Remeeus (66), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1961 » Billy Duffy, English rock guitarist and songwriter
• 1961 » Thomas Dooley, German-American soccer player and manager
• 1962 » Brett Gurewitz, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1962 » Emilio Estevez, American actor
• 1962 » Gregory H. Johnson, English-born American astronaut
• 1963 » Gavin Hood, South African actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 » Panagiotis Fasoulas, Greek basketball player and politician
• 1963 » Stefano Modena, Italian race car driver
• 1963 » Vanessa A. Williams, American actress and producer
• 1964 » Pierre Morel, French director and cinematographer

• 1956 » Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1957 » Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1885)
• 1963 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1963 » Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor (b. 1875)
• 1966 » Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (b. 1896)
• 1967 » John Masefield, English poet and author (b. 1878)
• 1970 » Nelly Sachs, German poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Heinie Manush, American baseball player and coach (b. 1901)

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.
• 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.
• June 16 » Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 mission: Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
• August 24 » Buddhist crisis: As a result of the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids, the US State Department cables the United States Embassy, Saigon to encourage Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals to launch a coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm if he did not remove his brother Ngô Đình Nhu.
• October 10 » The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty comes into effect.
• November 18 » The first push-button telephone goes into service.
• November 23 » The BBC broadcasts An Unearthly Child (starring William Hartnell), the first episode of the first story from the first series of Doctor Who, which is now the world's longest running science fiction drama.

The temperature on May 12, 1963 was between 5.2 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.