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• Gerritje Stijf († 2013)
• Reginald Carlier, Ieper,West-Vlaanderen,België († 2001)
• Gerardus Johannes den Bekker, Druten († 1996)
• Lenie Visser, Amsterdam († 2006)
• Jeanette (Jennete) Munnik, Oostzaan Zaanstreek Noord-Holland Nederland († 1963)
• Sjoukje de With († 2016)
• Barteld Meijer († 1980)
• Levenloos geboren kind Felling, Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1963)
• Willem Hendrik Dorsman
• Johanna Maria Schoofs, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1963)

• Albertus van Leeuwen (75), ijsselstein
• Arrien Alberts Bergkamp (85), Weesperkarspel
• Anna Hermans (68), Weert
• Catharina Margaretha Kempees (72), Leidschendam
• Cora Belle Wampler (75), Portales, Roosevelt County, New Mexico, Verenigde Staten
• Constant Lambrechts (60), Bornem,2880,Antwerpen,BE
• Adrian Hendrika Zwartjes (78), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alexandrina Theodora Hanna Leon (84), Amersfoort
• Anna Geertruida Kraakman (50), Alkmaar
• Celestina Johanna Josepha Wouters (73), Bergen op Zoom

• 1963 » David Knox, Australian rugby player
• 1963 » Ed Roland, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1963 » Frano Botica, New Zealand rugby player and coach
• 1963 » Isaiah Washington, American actor and producer
• 1963 » James Hetfield, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1963 » Lisa Ann Walter, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 » Tasmin Archer, English pop singer
• 1964 » Lucky Dube, South African singer and keyboard player († 2007)
• 1964 » Nate McMillan, American basketball player and coach
• 1964 » Ralph Knibbs, British rugby union player

• 1954 » Colette, French novelist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1958 » Peter Collins, English race car driver (b. 1931)
• 1959 » Herb Byrne, Australian footballer (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australian artist (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Flannery O'Connor, American short story writer and novelist (b. 1925)
• 1966 » Lenny Bruce, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 1968 » Konstantin Rokossovsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union during World War II (b. 1896)
• 1969 » Alexander Mair, Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1889)
• 1972 » Giannis Papaioannou, Turkish-Greek composer (b. 1913)
• 1973 » Richard Marshall, American general (b. 1895)

• 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.
• January 13 » Coup d'état in Togo results in the assassination of president Sylvanus Olympio.
• 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 12 » NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith during the civil rights movement.
• August 8 » Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal £2.6million in bank notes.
• November 9 » At Miike coal mine, Miike, Japan, an explosion kills 458, and hospitalises 839 with carbon monoxide poisoning.
• November 29 » Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board.

The temperature on August 3, 1963 was between 16.2 °C and 27.4 °C and averaged 21.3 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??.