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• Harrie van der Arend († 2019)
• Ronel van der Westhuizen († 1994)
• Rosemary Jalink, Hampton, Hampton City, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Yvonne Maria Johanna Antonia Peeters, Gilze en Rijen
• Mats* Henry Hansson, Hörby (M) († 1991)
• Elisabeth Albertina Verwer († 2022)
• John de Looff († 2008)
• Marga Lurken († 2004)
• Henk Veerman († 1967)
• Carl Mols, Herenthout (B), België († 2005)

• Anna Julia Neujens (76), Meerhout, Gestel, 2450 (Antwerpen)
• Daatje Wouters (80), Deventer
• Anne Eelkes van der Meer (85)
• Arie Teunisz X Halff (50), Alkmaar
• Arie Halff (50), Alkmaar
• Daatje Wouters (80), Deventer
• Elizabeth (Lizzie) de Bruine (89), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Frank Clayton Propes (72), South Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Eduard Lodewijk Kamermans (59), Amsterdam
• Anna Asselina Joling (68), Delft

• 1961 » Justin Madden, Australian footballer and politician
• 1961 » Ray Cote, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1962 » Corey Hart, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1963 » David Leigh, holder of the Sir Samuel Hall Chair of Chemistry at the University of Manchester
• 1963 » Viktor Orbán, Hungarian politician, 38th Prime Minister of Hungary
• 1963 » Wesley Willis, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player († 2003)
• 1964 » Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, American rapper and producer
• 1964 » Leonard Asper, Canadian lawyer and businessman
• 1964 » Stéphane Caristan, French hurdler and coach
• 1964 » Yukio Edano, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs

• 1954 » Antonis Benakis, Greek art collector and philanthropist, founded the Benaki Museum (b. 1873)
• 1957 » Leopold Staff, Polish poet and academic (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Stefanos Sarafis, Greek general and politician (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Walther Funk, German economist, journalist, and politician, German Minister of Economics (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Willem Elsschot, Flemish author and poet (b. 1882)
• 1962 » Henry F. Ashurst, American lawyer and politician (b. 1874)
• 1967 » Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (b. 1915)
• 1970 » Terry Sawchuk, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1929)
• 1976 » Jacques Monod, French biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 1977 » William Castle, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914)

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 15 » Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space, and the last American to go into space alone.
• August 8 » Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal £2.6million in bank notes.
• August 15 » President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of the Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
• October 10 » France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.
• November 1 » The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens.
• November 24 » Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is killed by Jack Ruby.

The temperature on May 31, 1963 was between 13.4 °C and 26.2 °C and averaged 20.4 °C. There was 14.4 hours of sunshine (88%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.