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• Denny Josephine Antionette Wesselman, Zoeterwoude
• André Jan Esselink, Enschede
• Wijnand Gorsele († 2010)
• Johannes Marinus Masseurs, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Patricia Marie Antoinette Grol, Groningen († 2002)
• Trientje (Reina) Prins († 2016)
• André Esselink
• Dirkje Vermeulen, Temse († 1965)
• Alexandra Hermine Antoinette Grol, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1966)
• robertus christianus ludovicus maria (rob) van lier, helden-dorp

• Berendina Wessels (86), Groningen
• Allida VAN DER STOEP (72), Covina, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• Alberta Dee (81), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• CAREL FERDINAND ROOKE (65), Jülich, Duitsland
• Alt Liemburg (44), Venlo (Limburg)
• Aaltje Tems (71), Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus Verhoeven (78), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• anna alexandrina voorwerk (75), amsterdam
• Cornelia Man in 't Veld (76), Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arij Tas (81), Vlaardingen

• 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)

• 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 2 » Berthold Seliger launches a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres near Cuxhaven. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany.
• August 18 » Civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
• August 21 » Xá Lợi Pagoda raids: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalizes Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
• October 9 » In Italy, a large landslide a causes a giant wave to overtop the Vajont Dam, killing over 2,000.
• October 12 » After nearly 23 years of imprisonment, Reverend Walter Ciszek, a Jesuit missionary, was released from the Soviet Union.
• November 9 » At Miike coal mine, Miike, Japan, an explosion kills 458, and hospitalises 839 with carbon monoxide poisoning.

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.