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• Clazina Ina Lulofs, Schiedam († 2015)
• Hendrika Oort
• Lammigje Beekelaar, Kerkenveld, Zuidwolde († 2009)
• Per Harald Kristensen, Leka († 2004)
• Keith Allen Eilderts, Grundy Center, Grundy, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1963)
• Hilco Bruinenberg († 2019)
• Jannigje Geertruida van der Mije, Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1963)
• Anne Christina Maria ter Braak, Hengelo, 7550, Nederland († 2022)
• Ruth Pas, Enschede
• Johan Hendrik van der A, Hengelo († 1963)

• Dirk Romeijn (92), Barneveld
• Cornelia Catharina (Ke) van den Ban (78), Delft
• Cornelis (Cornelius) van Keppel (73), De Motte, Jasper, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Anthonia Berge, van den (81), Zierikzee gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL
• Aalt Klaassen (69), Hierden
• Antje Rienks van Koten (82), Leeuwarden
• Alphonse SCHMIDLIN (73), Waldighofen (68640, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Célina Lucia De Canck (88), Gand
• Conrad Jongewaard (73), Inglewood, California (USA)
• Bastiaan Jan Jungerius (66), Maarn (GL)

• 1960 » Linden Ashby, American actor
• 1961 » Daniele Massaro, Italian footballer and manager
• 1961 » Norrie May-Welby, Scottish Australian gender activist
• 1962 » Karen Duffy, American actress
• 1963 » Viviane Baladi, Swiss mathematician
• 1964 » Ruth Metzler, Swiss lawyer and politician
• 1965 » Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Spanish footballer
• 1965 » Melissa McBride, American actress
• 1965 » Paul Sironen, Australian rugby league player
• 1965 » Tom Tykwer, German director, producer, screenwriter, and composer

• 1945 » Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician, Reich Minister of the Interior (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (b. 1878)
• 1949 » Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Gustav Suits, Latvian-Estonian poet and politician (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Georges Claude, French engineer and inventor, created Neon lighting (b. 1870)
• 1962 » Louis Coatalen, French engineer (b. 1879)
• 1963 » August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician (b. 1904)
• 1965 » David Smith, American sculptor (b. 1906)
• 1975 » Moms Mabley, American comedian and actor (b. 1894)
• 1979 » S. Selvanayagam, Sri Lankan geographer and academic (b. 1932)

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 8 » The regime of Prime Minister of Iraq, Brigadier General Abd al-Karim Qasim is overthrown by the Ba'ath Party.
• February 12 » Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.
• March 21 » Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary (in California) closes.
• September 7 » The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
• October 31 » A propane tank explosion at the Indiana State Fair Coliseum (now the Indiana Farmers Coliseum) in Indianapolis kills 74 people and injures another 400 during an ice skating show.
• December 31 » The Central African Federation officially collapses, subsequently becoming Zambia, Malawi and Rhodesia.

The temperature on May 23, 1963 was between 8.5 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain during 6.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.