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• Corinne Audrey van der Stelt, Brantford, Canada († 1965)
• Michel Johannes Maria Niesink, Voorst († 1983)
• Ingrid Francina Cornelia van der Hoorn, Gouda († 1974)
• James Gregory Hassing, Hennepin Co., Minnesota († 1995)
• Margreth Peerdeman († 2007)
• Arie Marinus van der Heijden, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Koenraad Martinus Bosman († 1995)
• Pieter Andries Roos, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1964)
• Daryl Jay Brundage, Stanislaus County, California, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Koen Bosman († 1995)

• Arie Stam (86), Driebergen, The Netherlands
• Adrianus Johannes Marijne (77), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Cornelia Somers (74), Tilburg
• Antonia Gommers (88), Oisterwijk
• Arend Bruins Slot (67), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Ruiter (68), Oude Niedorp
• Antonie den Harder (74), 's-Gravenzande, Nederland
• Antonia van den Akker (74), amersfoort
• Beert Wijnbergen (71), Arnhem
• Adriana de Vor (77), Woerden

• 1960 » Peter Blakeley, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 » John Dyegh, Nigerian businessman and politician
• 1963 » Ann Patchett, American author
• 1963 » Brendan Coyle, English actor
• 1963 » Rich Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and scout
• 1963 » Ron Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1965 » Shane Flanagan, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1966 » Jinsei Shinzaki, Japanese wrestler and promoter, co-founded Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling
• 1966 » Philippe Etchebest, French chef and television host
• 1967 » Mary Creagh, English scholar and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Transport

• 1953 » Reginald Baker, Australian rugby player (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Trần Trọng Kim, Vietnamese historian, scholar, and politician, Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1883)
• 1957 » Harrison Ford, American actor (b. 1884)
• 1957 » Manfred Sakel, Ukrainian-American neurophysiologist and psychiatrist (b. 1902)
• 1966 » Giles Cooper, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1918)
• 1966 » L. E. J. Brouwer, Dutch mathematician and philosopher (b. 1881)
• 1969 » José María Arguedas, Peruvian anthropologist, author, and poet (b. 1911)
• 1969 » Kliment Voroshilov, Ukrainian-Russian marshal and politician, 3rd Head of State of The Soviet Union (b. 1881)
• 1974 » Max Weber, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player and manager (b. 1917)

• 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
• January 13 » Anti-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta, resulting in 100 deaths.
• March 14 » Jack Ruby is convicted of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assumed assassin of John F. Kennedy.
• April 13 » At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American male to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
• April 26 » Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania.
• May 29 » The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
• October 22 » An all-party Parliamentary Committee selects the design which will become the new official flag of Canada.

The temperature on December 2, 1964 was between -3.5 °C and -0.2 °C and averaged -2.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.