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• Pieter Albert Uil, Sappemeer
• Arie Adrianus Voskes († 2012)
• Alfred Aafko Dirk Nap, Winschoten
• Wilhelm Jacobus Martijn, Rotterdam
• Martin Grijsen, Rhenen († 1985)
• Anita Menten, Sint-Truiden, België († 2000)
• Gerrit Antonius Nicolaas Schobben, Rotterdam
• Johannes Gerardus Impink, Heerhugowaard († 2014)
• Anthony van Haren, Rotterdam
• NN Leijssenaar, Brunssum, Limburg, Nederland

• Antje Dijk (50)
• Anna Maria Theodora van der Horden (83), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Alphonsus Petrus Verwimp (67), Geel St Amands
• Albert Lankamp (76), Almelo, Ambt, Overijssel, Nederland
• Andries Peeters (84), Meijel
• Adrianus van Dijk (68), Groningen, Netherlands
• Antonia Oerlemans (73), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Agnes Marie VLIET VAN (79), Tegelen, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Koch (90), Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• andries (dries) peeters (84), meijel

• 1962 » Kaoru Wada, Japanese composer and conductor
• 1963 » James LaBrie, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1963 » Scott Westerfeld, American author and composer
• 1963 » Simon Rimmer, English chef and author
• 1964 » Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer († 2013)
• 1964 » Efrat Mishori, Israeli poet and filmmaker
• 1964 » Heike Henkel, German high jumper
• 1964 » Jean-François Copé, French politician, French Minister of Budget
• 1964 » Minami Takayama, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1965 » Glenn Seton, Australian race car driver

• 1947 » Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 1957 » Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1965 » John Waters, American director and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1965 » Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer (b. 1915)
• 1971 » Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (b. 1887)
• 1973 » Zekai Özger, Turkish poet and academic (b. 1948)
• 1977 » Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1981 » Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer and hunger striker (b. 1954)

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. Willem
16. Johan

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Elisabeth
5. Monique
6. Yvonne
7. Cornelia
8. Jolanda
9. Anita
10. Ingrid
11. Karin
12. Catharina
13. Wilhelmina
14. Jacqueline
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.
• June 1 » Kenya becomes a republic with Jomo Kenyatta (1897 – 22 August 1978) as its first President (1964 to 1978).
• August 4 » Civil rights movement: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.
• September 4 » Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.
• September 25 » The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins.
• October 16 » China detonates its first nuclear weapon.
• December 5 » Lloyd J. Old discovered the first linkage between the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and disease—mouse leukemia—opening the way for the recognition of the importance of the MHC in the immune response.

The temperature on May 5, 1964 was between 8.3 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.