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• Naamloos Smits, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 1963)
• Dirk Jan Visscher, Emmeloord, Nederland († 1964)
• Yvonne Jacqueline Hensen, (NH) Amsterdam-Reinier Claeszenstraat 69 hs († 2003)
• Paul Embregts († 2021)
• Herman Joseph Walter van Amelsvoort († 2012)
• Edith Francisca Renalda Carrière, 's-Gravenhage, S-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2019)
• Sonja Borgsteede, Amsterdam Noord-Holland Nederland
• Theresia Maria Verweij, Houten, Utrecht, Nederland
• David John Schmitt († 1963)
• Brian Lee Pelkey, Long Beach,Californië,Verenigde Staten († 1987)

• Anna Elise Bürmann (76)
• Adriana Theresia Josephina Haest (36), Oosterhout, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• CATHERINA STEVENS (68), HERENTHOUT
• Adrianus van Wunnik (62), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Josephus Maria Prince (71), Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna de Reuver (91), Oudewater
• Arie Marcelis van Bemmel (65), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Charlotte DE VOS (50), Ninove
• Clara Matthijs (72), Waterland-Oudeman
• Adriana UDO (84), heerewaarden

• 1961 » Christopher Ferguson, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
• 1961 » Jeremy Farrar, British academic and educator; director of the Wellcome Trust
• 1961 » Pete DeCoursey, American journalist († 2014)
• 1962 » Ruud Gullit, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1962 » Tony Cascarino, English-Irish footballer
• 1963 » Stephen Kernahan, Australian footballer
• 1964 » Brian Bellows, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1964 » Charlie Robison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964 » Dave O'Higgins, English jazz saxophonist
• 1964 » Holly Golightly, American author and illustrator

• 1947 » Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1970 » François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Alan Brown, English soldier (b. 1909)
• 1974 » Gerd Neggo, Estonian dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer (b. 1891)
• 1977 » Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (b. 1896)
• 1981 » Albert Speer, German architect and author (b. 1905)
• 1981 » Ann Harding, American actress (b. 1901)

• 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 2 » Vietnam War: The Viet Cong wins its first major victory, at the Battle of Ap Bac.
• 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 11 » American Civil Rights Movement: Governor of Alabama George Wallace defiantly stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized National Guard troops, they are able to register.
• August 18 » Civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
• November 1 » The 1963 South Vietnamese coup begins.
• December 31 » The Central African Federation officially collapses, subsequently becoming Zambia, Malawi and Rhodesia.

The temperature on September 1, 1963 was between 11.2 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.