About the day » Sunday August 4, 1963Calender converter

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• Ben de Olde, Heetveld, Ambt Vollenhove, Nederland († 2006)
• Harry John Boer, St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada († 1963)
• Wilhelmina P.M. Verhoeven, Gilze en Rijen († 1963)
• Adrianus Berkhout, Rotterdam
• Gerardus Adrianus Wilhelmus Versluis, Ter Aar (Langeraar) († 2016)
• Maarten Wiebrand Weima († 1965)
• Corine Coemans († 1966)
• Geja Brouwer, Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland († 2011)

• Adrianus Hopman (46), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Martina (Stien) De Swart (82), 's-Gravenhage
• Adrianus Jacobus van Boxtel (78), Tilburg
• Derk Wind (64)
• Anna Myrtle Kitterman (91)
• Anthonius Karel Willem Adelaar (67), Utrecht
• Bernardus van der Burg (82), Delft
• Alice Agnes Boyden (75), Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
• Catharina Maria Bronk (69), Zwolle
• Aaltje Schuijn (75), Zaandam

• 1961 » Barack Obama, American lawyer and politician, 44th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1962 » Paul Reynolds, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 » Roger Clemens, American baseball player and actor
• 1963 » Keith Maurice Ellison, 30th Attorney General of Minnesota
• 1964 » Andrew Bartlett, Australian social worker and politician
• 1965 » Adam Afriyie, English businessman and politician
• 1965 » Dennis Lehane, American author, screenwriter, and producer
• 1965 » Fredrik Reinfeldt, Swedish soldier and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1965 » Michael Skibbe, German footballer and manager
• 1965 » Vishal Bhardwaj, Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, music composer and playback singer

• 1957 » John Cain Sr., Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Washington Luís, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (b. 1869)
• 1958 » Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (b. 1883)
• 1959 » József Révai, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (b. 1926)
• 1967 » Peter Smith, English cricketer (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Enrique Angelelli, Argentinian bishop and martyr (b. 1923)
• 1976 » Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian-English publisher (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1981 » Melvyn Douglas, American actor (b. 1901)

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 16 » In an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam, a Joint Communique was signed between President Ngo Dinh Diem and Buddhist leaders.
• August 15 » Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland.
• August 18 » Civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
• October 7 » President Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
• 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.
• November 25 » President John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.; his assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, is buried on the same day in Fort Worth, Texas.

The temperature on August 4, 1963 was between 14.9 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 22.7 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.