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• Marc Ronald Genot, amsterdam († 2011)
• Yvonne Kelly, Nunspeet, Gelderland, Nederland
• Helena Wilhelmina Lens, Breda
• Jinze Aben († 1988)
• Karin Olga Ruijmgaart († 2009)
• Ronald Johannes Louisa van den Eijnden († 2015)
• Karin Olga RUIJMGAART († 2009)
• Peter De Rauw, Sint Amandsberg († 1966)
• Erik Wessel Gerrit Dorland, Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Maria Josephina Theodora Cardinaal, Leende, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Adriana Leeflang (76), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Schabram (67), rotterdam
• Aaltje Kwant (94), Rotterdam
• Alfonsus Franciscus Verplancke (67), Brugge
• Akke Fetzes Sipkema (71)
• Adrianus Petrus Johannes Sibens (57), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Leeflang (76)
• ADRIANUS WILLEM BECKERINGH (65), LEIDEN
• Adriaantje Messemaker (76), Rotterdam
• Albert George Choiniere (75), Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

• 1962 » Black, English singer-songwriter († 2016)
• 1962 » Genie Francis, Canadian-American actress
• 1963 » Claude Legault, Canadian actor and screenwriter
• 1963 » Jamie Spence, English golfer
• 1963 » Mary Nightingale, English journalist
• 1963 » Simon Armitage, English poet, playwright and novelist
• 1964 » Argiris Pedoulakis, Greek basketball player and coach
• 1964 » Caitlín R. Kiernan, Irish-American paleontologist and author
• 1964 » Lenny Kravitz, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor
• 1965 » Hazel Irvine, Scottish sportscaster and journalist

• 1951 » Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer (b. 1880)
• 1954 » Lionel Conacher, Canadian football player and politician (b. 1900)
• 1955 » Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1918)
• 1956 » Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach (b. 1902)
• 1959 » Philip Kassel, American gymnast (b. 1876)
• 1966 » Elizabeth Dilling, American author and activist (b. 1894)
• 1969 » Allan Haines Loughead, American engineer, co-founded the Lockheed Corporation (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Paul Hawkins, Australian race car driver (b. 1937)
• 1974 » Silvio Moser, Swiss race car driver (b. 1941)
• 1976 » Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic (b. 1889)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Robert
5. Ronald
6. John
7. Cornelis
8. Hendrik
9. Paul
10. Pieter
11. Marcel
12. Richard
13. Mark
14. Gerrit
15. Johan
16. Willem

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Elisabeth
5. Monique
6. Yvonne
7. Cornelia
8. Jolanda
9. Anita
10. Karin
11. Ingrid
12. Catharina
13. Jacqueline
14. Wilhelmina
15. Petra
16. Caroline

• 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.
• April 8 » The Gemini 1 test flight is conducted.
• May 5 » The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day.
• October 10 » The Tokyo Summer Olympics opening ceremony is the first to be relayed live by satellites.
• October 14 » Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence.
• November 21 » The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opens to traffic. At the time it is the world's longest bridge span.
• November 28 » Vietnam War: National Security Council members agree to recommend that U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam.

The temperature on May 26, 1964 was between 10.3 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.