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• Jan Petrus Koolhaas, Haarlemmermeer, Nederland († 2003)
• Doreen May Tourangeau († 1986)
• Cornelia Maria (Corrie) de Jongste, Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Peter van der Bruggen, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• José de Arimatéia, Campestre, Minas Gerais, Brasil († 2015)
• Kurt De Weert, Mechelen († 1981)
• Iris de Breuk, De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland († 2015)
• Richard Wayne Dolphin, Britt, Hancock County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Nicole Chapman, Monticello, San Juan, Utah, United States († 1963)

• Aaltje de Vries (71), Katlijk, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelis Verwater (78), Breda
• Adrianus Arnoldus Franciscus Smolders (61), Tilburg
• Charles C. Hughes (87)
• Anna Maria Loos (67), Overpelt
• Anna Weninger (55)
• Cornelis Ypma (66), Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland
• Bruin Verschoor (92), Rotterdam
• Albertus Johannes Maria (Johan) Pol (67), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cora Fuld (82), Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, Verenigde Staten

• 1962 » Carol Kirkwood, Scottish journalist
• 1962 » Chloé Sainte-Marie, Canadian actress and singer
• 1962 » Eric Davis, American baseball player
• 1962 » Fandi Ahmad, Singaporean footballer, coach, and manager
• 1963 » Blaze Bayley, English singer-songwriter
• 1963 » Claude Loiselle, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1963 » Ukyo Katayama, Japanese race car driver
• 1963 » Zhu Jianhua, Chinese high jumper
• 1964 » Howard Mills III, American academic and politician
• 1964 » Oswaldo Negri Jr., Brazilian race car driver

• 1953 » Morgan Russell, American painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1957 » James Whale, English director (b. 1889)
• 1958 » Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1963 » Netta Muskett, English author (b. 1887)
• 1966 » Ignace Lepp, Estonian-French priest and psychologist (b. 1909)
• 1968 » Arnold Susi, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1896)
• 1970 » Eva Hesse, American artist (b. 1936)
• 1970 » John Gunther, American journalist and author (b. 1901)
• 1972 » Moe Berg, American baseball player, coach, and spy (b. 1902)
• 1972 » Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic (b. 1878)

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.
• June 5 » The British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, resigns in a sex scandal known as the "Profumo affair".
• August 31 » Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah) achieves self governance.
• October 10 » The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty comes into effect.
• November 9 » At Miike coal mine, Miike, Japan, an explosion kills 458, and hospitalises 839 with carbon monoxide poisoning.
• November 29 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
• December 7 » Instant replay makes its debut during the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

The temperature on May 29, 1963 was between 10.9 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.