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• robertus christianus ludovicus maria (rob) van lier, helden-dorp
• Wim Peeters († 2020)
• Dirkje Vermeulen, Temse († 1965)
• Alexandra Hermine Antoinette Grol, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 1966)
• Patricia Marie Antoinette Grol, Groningen († 2002)
• Lena Cornelia Imanse, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Barbara van de Laar, Niagara Falls (Ont) († 1969)
• Trientje (Reina) Prins († 2016)
• Petronella Wilhelmina van Duijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Susan Mary POPLE († 2021)

• Cornelia van Kouwen (69), Amersfoort
• Christiaan Nijborg (66), Anloo, Aa en Hunze, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arij Tas (81), Vlaardingen
• Arie Abraham VRIJLAND (79), 's-Gravenhage
• Anders Daniel Jönsson Willman (87), Frostviken, Gäddede
• cornelia MAN In't Veld (76), rijnsburg
• Bernardus Vermunt (91), Oudenbosch
• Breela Katharina Bout (84), Rotterdam
• Allie van der Stoep (72), Covina, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Jac. Muntjewerff (66), Amsterdam

• 1960 » Linda Fratianne, American figure skater
• 1960 » Neal Morse, American singer and keyboard player
• 1961 » Pete de Freitas, Trinidadian-British drummer and producer († 1989)
• 1962 » Lee Mavers, English singer, songwriter and guitarist
• 1963 » Laura Bennett, American architect and fashion designer
• 1963 » Uğur Tütüneker, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1964 » Frank Biela, German race car driver
• 1964 » Mary-Louise Parker, American actress
• 1965 » Hisanobu Watanabe, Japanese baseball player and coach
• 1965 » Joe Hockey, Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Treasurer of Australia

• 1955 » Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Wallace Stevens, American poet and educator (b. 1879)
• 1963 » Oliver La Farge, American anthropologist and author (b. 1901)
• 1967 » Walter Terence Stace, English-American epistemologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Angus MacFarlane-Grieve, English academic, mathematician, rower, and soldier (b. 1891)
• 1972 » Brian Cole, American bass player (b. 1942)
• 1972 » Helen Hoyt, American poet and author (b. 1887)
• 1972 » Paul Goodman, American psychotherapist and author (b. 1911)
• 1973 » Jean-Pierre Melville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
• 1974 » Douglas Hawkes, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1893)

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 22 » Greek left-wing politician Grigoris Lambrakis is shot in an assassination attempt, and dies five days later.
• June 11 » American Civil Rights Movement: Governor of Alabama George Wallace defiantly stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized National Guard troops, they are able to register.
• July 22 » Crown Colony of Sarawak gains self-governance.
• July 26 » An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead.
• August 8 » Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal £2.6million in bank notes.
• 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 August 2, 1963 was between 10.2 °C and 28.7 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.