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• Martine Magdalena Arseen Vanderhaeghen, Brugge († 2022)
• Hester Eveline Rang, Amsterdam
• Tony Hans († 1979)
• Sheri Ann Webber, Los Angeles, California († 2021)
• Anja de Kock, Haghorst, Nederland († 2001)
• Albert Hobers, Kloosterhaar († 1963)
• Janneke Carla Kroes, Westknollendam († 2014)
• Inge Luberti, Beverwijk († 2016)
• Menno Tiddo Koets, Bunderhee, Leer, Niedersachsen, Deutschland († 1991)
• Erica van Amelsvoort, Arnhem

• Bauke Sapes Bandsma (71), Groningen
• Adrianus Gijsbertus Vermeij (68), Vinkeveen en Waverveen
• Cornelia Alida Nicolette van Lier (91), Gemeente Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Roos (73), 's-Gravenhage
• Cornelia Alida Nicolette Lier van (91), Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Berta Augusta Cristina Krähenbühl (54), Indaiatuba, São Paulo, Brasil
• Aafje Kok (78)
• Alberdina Roelina Hamhuis (45), Hardenberg
• Derk Dekker (91), Dwingeloo
• Alberdina Roelina Hamhuis (45), Rheeze

• 1962 » David Crumb, American composer and educator
• 1963 » Dave Specter, American guitarist
• 1963 » David Lonsdale, English actor
• 1963 » Kevin Shields, American-Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1963 » Laurie Spina, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1963 » Patrick Grant, American musician and producer
• 1963 » Richard Appel, American screenwriter and producer
• 1964 » Danny Bailey, English footballer and coach
• 1964 » Pete Sandoval, Salvadoran-American drummer
• 1965 » Josh Richman, American actor and producer

• 1952 » John Garfield, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1956 » Harry Bensley, English businessman and adventurer (b. 1877)
• 1957 » Alexander Vertinsky, Ukrainian-Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1889)
• 1964 » James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Geoffrey de Havilland, English pilot and engineer, designed the de Havilland Mosquito (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Marguerite Bise, French chef (b. 1898)
• 1968 » Doris Lloyd, English actress (b. 1896)
• 1970 » E. L. Grant Watson, English-Australian biologist and author (b. 1885)
• 1973 » Ivan Konev, Soviet Marshal and general (b. 1897)
• 1973 » Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, bandleader, and actor (b. 1911)

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.
• January 2 » Vietnam War: The Viet Cong wins its first major victory, at the Battle of Ap Bac.
• January 22 » The Élysée Treaty of cooperation between France and Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer.
• February 5 » The European Court of Justice's ruling in Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen establishes the principle of direct effect, one of the most important, if not the most important, decisions in the development of European Union law.
• July 26 » Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.
• November 1 » The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens.
• 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 21, 1963 was between 8.0 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 15.1 mm of rain during 11.5 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.