About the day » Monday May 27, 1963Calender converter

• Hilke Westerhof, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Marja Methorst, Veenendaal († 1963)
• Janna Methorst, Veenendaal († 1963)
• van Halsema, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Marco Huis in 'veld, Velsen, Nederland († 1963)
• Andrew Phillip MATHEWSON, Healesville, Victoria, Australia († 1979)
• Josephine Tina Subritzky, Mangakino, NZ († 1963)
• Baltus Siep, Rotterdam
• Olga Roggen, Hasselt
• Frank Pelkmans

• Amelia Claes (64), Hechtel
• Brand Andries Goudbeek (51), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albert Hillebrand de Boer (75), Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Catharina Vroegrijk (86), Rucphen, N-Br, NL
• Antonius Swegers (84), Eindhoven
• Arthur Henri Bricart (67), Brussel (Bruxelles), Be
• Bas Bastiaan van der Meijden (57), Herwijnen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berend Tuinstra (80), Warga, gem. Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Anna Kempen (74), Rotterdam
• Antonius Franciscus Sengers (72), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1961 » José Luíz Barbosa, Brazilian runner and coach
• 1962 » Anthony A. Hyman, Israeli-English biologist and academic
• 1962 » David Mundell, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
• 1962 » Marcelino Bernal, Mexican footballer
• 1962 » Ravi Shastri, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
• 1962 » Ray Borner, Australian basketball player
• 1962 » Steven Brill, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 » Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Cuban pianist and composer
• 1963 » Maria Walliser, Swiss skier
• 1964 » Adam Carolla, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

• 1949 » Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! (b. 1890)
• 1953 » Jesse Burkett, American baseball player and manager (b. 1868)
• 1960 » James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (b. 1912)
• 1964 » Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (b. 1889)
• 1967 » Ernst Niekisch, German academic and politician (b. 1889)
• 1967 » W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator (b. 1880)
• 1969 » Jeffrey Hunter, American actor and producer (b. 1926)
• 1971 » Armando Picchi, Italian footballer and coach (b. 1935)
• 1971 » Béla Juhos, Hungarian-Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (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.
• May 8 » South Vietnamese soldiers under the Roman Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem open fire on Buddhists defying a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesak, killing nine and sparking the Buddhist crisis.
• May 19 » The New York Post Sunday Magazine publishes Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail.
• 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.
• June 16 » In an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam, a Joint Communique was signed between President Ngo Dinh Diem and Buddhist leaders.
• July 1 » ZIP codes are introduced for United States mail.
• September 16 » Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore soon leaves this new country.

The temperature on May 27, 1963 was between 11.8 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.