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• Elsa Wiebes Rienstra, Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 2016)
• Araldo Di Munno Arruda, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil († 1963)
• Peter van Diepen, Wognum († 1975)
• Jacobus Antonius Maria (Koert) Bik, Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2013)
• Waldine de Groot, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Patricia Ann Bivens, Willard, Huron, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Cornelis Johannes Maria Kimenai, Dongen
• Robert Henderick Hilhorst, Kingston († 2018)
• Jan Albertus Oostindie, Vlagtwedde,Groningen,Niederlande († 2003)
• Petra uit Beijerse, Delft († 1983)

• Cornelia Maria Armee (72), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Bernardus Aalders (80), Nijmegen,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Christiaan Pluijgers (79), Rijssen
• Auke Meester (68), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Albert Auguste DECLERCQ (56), Wasquehal,59290,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Anna Maria van Schaick (80), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan Westdijk (78), Apeldoorn
• Bertha Armstrong (89)
• Anton DOLPHIJN (72), Rheinberg
• Anna Maria Janning (77), Adorf (D)

• 1959 » Graham Dilley, English cricketer and coach († 2011)
• 1960 » Brent Ashton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 » Jari Kurri, Finnish ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 1960 » Yannick Noah, French tennis player
• 1961 » Russell Senior, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1963 » Marty McSorley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1963 » Sam Vincent, American basketball player and coach
• 1964 » Ignasi Guardans, Spanish academic and politician
• 1966 » Michael Tait, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1966 » Renata Nielsen, Polish-Danish long jumper and coach

• 1947 » Hal Chase, American baseball player and manager (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (b. 1875)
• 1956 » Maurice Tate, English cricketer (b. 1895)
• 1958 » Jacob Fichman, Israeli poet and critic (b. 1881)
• 1963 » Ernie Davis, American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1939)
• 1968 » Frank Walsh, Australian politician, 34th Premier of South Australia (b. 1897)
• 1971 » Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1908)
• 1973 » Jeannette Rankin, American social worker and politician (b. 1880)
• 1974 » Harry Ricardo, English engine designer and researcher (b. 1885)
• 1975 » Leroy Anderson, American composer and conductor (b. 1908)

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.
• February 12 » Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.
• March 21 » Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary (in California) closes.
• 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.
• July 24 » The ship Bluenose II was launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The schooner is a major Canadian symbol.
• August 18 » Civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
• September 15 » Baptist Church bombing: Four children killed in the bombing of an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.

The temperature on May 18, 1963 was between 3.4 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.