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• Kornelis de Ridder († 2023)
• Theodoor de Wit, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1971)
• Peter Haring
• Dirk Pil, Schiedam
• Alexandra Lisette Cartier van Dissel, Laren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Rogerius Johannes Maria Tel, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Steven Ray Thomson, Payson, Utah County, Utah, United States of America († 2015)
• Theodoor de Wit, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1971)
• Kornelis Compaan, Zandeweer, Kantens, Groningen, Nederland († 2020)
• Roger Tel, Leiden († 2019)

• Bertus Josephus Verbuijs (72), Amsterdam Noord-Holland Nederland
• Adrianus van Oorschot (72), Roosendaal
• Anko Johann Janssen (80), Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa
• Anthonie Gerard Kamperman (69), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriaan Abels (66), Amsterdam
• Colomba Agathe Piepers (68), Beverwijk
• Cornelia Hiba Grootegoed (80), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Alle Kaper (68), Wayne, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Antonie van Emst (71)
• Cornelis Adrianus Peeters (65), Rijsbergen

• 1961 » Brian Conley, English actor and singer
• 1961 » Walter Swinburn, English jockey and trainer († 2016)
• 1961 » Yelena Davydova, Russian gymnast
• 1962 » Alison Brown, American banjo player, songwriter, and producer
• 1963 » Marcus Roberts, American pianist and educator
• 1963 » Nick Gillespie, American journalist and author
• 1963 » Paul Dunn, Australian rugby league player
• 1964 » Ian Dench, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1964 » John Birmingham, English-Australian journalist and author
• 1964 » Peter Niven, Scottish jockey

• 1957 » Oliver Hardy, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Elizabeth Foreman Lewis, American author and educator (b. 1892)
• 1960 » Luis Ángel Firpo, Argentine boxer (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Ramon Vila Capdevila, last of the Spanish Maquis, holding out after the end of the Spanish Civil War (b.1908)
• 1968 » Giovanni Bracco, Italian race car driver (b. 1908)
• 1969 » Jean Bastien, French professional footballer (b. 1915)
• 1969 » Joseph Kosma, Hungarian-French composer (b. 1905)
• 1970 » Harold Haley, American lawyer and judge (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Jonathan P. Jackson, American bodyguard (b. 1953)
• 1972 » Joi Lansing, American model, actress, and singer (b. 1929)

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.
• April 21 » The first election of the Universal House of Justice is held, marking its establishment as the supreme governing institution of the Bahá'í Faith.
• April 30 » The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom.
• May 3 » The police force in Birmingham, Alabama switches tactics and responds with violent force to stop the "Birmingham campaign" protesters. Images of the violent suppression are transmitted worldwide, bringing new-found attention to the civil rights movement.
• May 25 » The Organisation of African Unity is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• June 11 » Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.
• July 7 » Buddhist crisis: The police of Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of President Ngo Dinh Diem, attacked a group of American journalists who were covering a protest.

The temperature on August 7, 1963 was between 10.2 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.