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• Johan Hilgen, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1983)
• Cornelis Marinus (Kees) Zeevenhooven, Heerenveen († 2006)
• Lisa Marie Bodine, New Rochelle, Westchester, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Ankie Suzanna Theodora Mol, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Gretha Johanna Overweg, Hardenberg († 2013)
• Inge Karin Klazes Boelens, Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 1978)
• Johan HILGEN, Emmen Drenthe Netherlands († 1983)
• Paul Charles RODEN, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 1996)
• Kathleen Mary Doud, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1987)
• Marten Derk Jagersma, Wageningen († 1979)

• Antonius Hillen (85), Kessel Eik
• Adriaan Geelhoed (77), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antonia Hendrina Schrameijer (89), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelie Louise Marie Vanderhoeven
• Aafke Talma (93), Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland
• Aafke Meinderts Talma (93), Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Kattestaart (69), halsteren (noord brabant)
• Carolus Godefridus MARIËN (73), Retie,, Antwerpen, België
• Clement van Heesbeke (88), New Carlisle, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
• Antonius Leopold Philippus Schoutissen (21), Leiden

• 1961 » Charles Wright, American wrestler
• 1961 » Kevin McDonald, Canadian actor and screenwriter
• 1962 » Helga Radtke, German long jumper
• 1962 » Jimmy Hood, Scottish engineer and politician († 2017)
• 1963 » David Wilkinson, English theologian and academic
• 1963 » Rachel Griffith, Anglo-American economist
• 1964 » Boyd Tinsley, American singer-songwriter and violinist
• 1964 » John Salley, American basketball player and actor
• 1964 » Milton Jones, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1965 » Krist Novoselic, American bass player, songwriter, author, and activist

• 1947 » Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist and composer (b. 1910)
• 1954 » Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor and manager (b. 1893)
• 1955 » James Agee, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic(b. 1909)
• 1955 » Manny Ayulo, American race car driver (b. 1921)
• 1956 » H. B. Reese, American candy-maker and businessman, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (b. 1876)
• 1957 » Eliot Ness, American federal agent (b. 1903)
• 1961 » George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1881)
• 1973 » Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian-American sculptor (b. 1891)
• 1977 » Modibo Keïta, Malian politician, 1st President of Mali (b. 1915)

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.
• June 21 » Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini is elected as Pope Paul VI.
• July 24 » The ship Bluenose II was launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The schooner is a major Canadian symbol.
• August 5 » Cold War: The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
• October 10 » France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.
• November 18 » The first push-button telephone goes into service.
• December 7 » Instant replay makes its debut during the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

The temperature on May 16, 1963 was between 4.4 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.