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• Albert Wayne Buiter († 1964)
• Frank Quitschau, Delmenhorst († 1989)
• Antonius Bernardus Maria van Sommeren, Haalderen
• Wilhelmus Johannes Maria Holierhoek, Rotterdam († 1968)
• Henk de Jong, Blokzijl, Nederland († 1975)
• UDO Louis GEVERS († 1984)
• Bernadette Louise Boissevain, Kopenhagen
• Sijmen Alberts Antonides, Oost-en West Souburg († 1963)

• Adrianus van der Linde (69), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aloysius de Block (75)
• Adrianus van der Linden (87), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Josephus van der Dennen (55), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland
• (Jana) Adriana Daems (73), Eindhoven, Eindhoven, North Brabant, The Netherlands
• Anna Maria Baartmans (72), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Afina (Ada) Heman (51), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Woudenberg (80), Nieuwkoop
• Adrianus van der Linden (87), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bauke Muskee (79), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1960 » Aimee Mann, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
• 1961 » Timothy Well, American wrestler († 2017)
• 1962 » Solomon Linda, South African singer-songwriter (b. 1909)
• 1963 » Alexandros Alexiou, Greek footballer
• 1963 » Daniel Wolpert, American scientist
• 1964 » Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2000)
• 1964 » Michael Johns, American businessman and political activist
• 1964 » Raven, American wrestler
• 1965 » Darlene Zschech, Australian singer-songwriter and pastor
• 1965 » Tutilo Burger, German Benedictine monk and abbot

• 1949 » Richard Strauss, German composer and manager (b. 1864)
• 1954 » André Derain, French painter and sculptor (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman († 1904)
• 1965 » Dorothy Dandridge, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
• 1965 » Hermann Staudinger, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1969 » Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and activist (b. 1868)
• 1969 » Bud Collyer, American game show host (b. 1908)
• 1970 » Percy Spencer, American engineer, invented the microwave oven (b. 1894)
• 1974 » Wolfgang Windgassen, French-German tenor (b. 1914)
• 1977 » Zero Mostel, American actor and comedian (b. 1915)

• 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.
• February 19 » The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique reawakens the feminist movement in the United States as women's organizations and consciousness raising groups spread.
• March 21 » Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary (in California) closes.
• May 25 » The Organisation of African Unity is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• October 4 » Hurricane Flora kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti.
• October 10 » France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.
• 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 September 8, 1963 was between 8.7 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.