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• Johanna Roersma († 1971)
• Mark Reintjes, Oeffelt († 1981)
• Mark Reintjes, Oeffelt († 1981)
• Silvia Helena Wilhelmina van der Vegt, Haarlem
• Elisabeth M.L. Haring
• Harvey Andrew Boone, Burnaby, Britisch Columbia, Canada († 1970)
• Dinie van Elburg, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1963)
• Diny van ELBURG, Assen († 1963)
• Marc Ghislain Grauwels († 1999)
• Arie Adrianus (André) van der Wulp

• Dirk Timmerman (76), Akersloot, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Emile Beernaert (59), Mons (Bergen),7000,Henegouwen,België
• Catharina Van Leeuwen (58), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Lee Gilpin [Wk] (81), Indiana
• Dinie van Elburg (0), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Clasina Hendrika Eelman (75), Ermelo
• Cornelia Berendina Hoogendijk (64), Utrecht
• Christina May Tisdell (77), Port Macquarie Hospital, New South Wales. Aged 77 yrs
• Charles Burdeau - Stewart (55), New Orleans, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia Van Oosterhout (69), Veenendaal

• 1961 » Athula Samarasekera, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
• 1961 » Janet McTeer, English actress
• 1961 » Tim Wilson, American comedian, singer-songwriter, and guitarist († 2014)
• 1962 » Otis Thorpe, American basketball player
• 1962 » Patrick Ewing, Jamaican-American basketball player and coach
• 1963 » Ingmar De Vos, Belgian sports administrator
• 1963 » Steve Lee, Swiss singer-songwriter († 2010)
• 1964 » Adam Yauch, American rapper and director († 2012)
• 1964 » Rory Morrison, English journalist († 2013)
• 1965 » Jeff Coffin, American saxophonist and composer

• 1948 » Montagu Toller, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1871)
• 1952 » Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (b. 1917)
• 1955 » Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress and singer (b. 1909)
• 1957 » Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1959 » Edgar Guest, English-American journalist and poet (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
• 1963 » Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898)
• 1964 » Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1886)
• 1968 » Luther Perkins, American guitarist (b. 1928)
• 1978 » Jesse Haines, American baseball player and coach (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. David
15. Michael
16. Dirk

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.
• April 24 » Marriage of Princess Alexandra of Kent to Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London.
• June 3 » Soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army attack protesting Buddhists in Huế with liquid chemicals from tear-gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalized for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments.
• July 26 » Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.
• August 5 » Cold War: The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
• October 7 » President Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
• December 26 » The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" are released in the United States, marking the beginning of Beatlemania on an international level.

The temperature on August 5, 1963 was between 13.9 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.