About the day » Tuesday September 3, 1963Calender converter

• Ed Koopman († 2024)
• Linda Vandaele, Izegem († 1988)
• Marian Cornelia van Klaveren, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• Thijs Okken, Elim, Drenthe, Nederland († 2015)
• Duane Paul Bosman, Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington († 1963)

• Alfred Richard van de Wege (52)
• Antonie Hendrik Suylekom (83), Rotterdam (Z.H)
• Arie van den Blink (73), Oostvoorne, Nederland
• Adrianus Hendrikus Maasbach (70), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Zwaneveld (59), LEIDEN, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Gerrits (87), amsterdam, Nederland
• Antonetta Geerts (71), Boekel
• Ada Isabel Moore * (70), South Australia, Australia
• Alberic Haspeslagh (77), Oostnieuwkerke
• Antonius van der Donk (86), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1961 » Andy Griffiths, Australian author
• 1962 » David De Roure, English computer scientist and academic
• 1963 » Malcolm Gladwell, Canadian journalist, essayist, and critic
• 1963 » Mubarak Ghanim, Emirati footballer
• 1963 » Sam Adams, American politician, 51st Mayor of Portland
• 1964 » Adam Curry, American-Dutch businessman and television host, co-founded mevio
• 1964 » Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2016)
• 1964 » Spike Feresten, American screenwriter and producer
• 1965 » Rachel Johnson, British journalist
• 1965 » Vaden Todd Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1954 » Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)
• 1962 » E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright (b. 1907)
• 1967 » Francis Ouimet, American golfer and banker (b. 1893)
• 1969 » John Lester, American cricketer and soccer player (b. 1871)
• 1970 » Alan Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)
• 1970 » Vasil Gendov, Bulgarian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1970 » Vince Lombardi, American football player and coach (b. 1913)
• 1974 » Harry Partch, American composer and theorist (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. 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 12 » The Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in the Danish straits.
• 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.
• September 15 » Baptist Church bombing: Four children killed in the bombing of an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
• October 12 » After nearly 23 years of imprisonment, Reverend Walter Ciszek, a Jesuit missionary, was released from the Soviet Union.
• October 18 » Félicette, a black and white female Parisian stray cat becomes the first cat launched into space.
• December 10 » An assassination attempt on the British High Commissioner in Aden kills two people and wounds dozens more.

The temperature on September 3, 1963 was between 12.5 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 16.8 mm of rain during 7.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.