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• Maria Anna Cornelia Botermans, Breda
• Lucia Maria van Raay, Amersfoort (ut,nld) († 1965)
• Kitty Slottje († 2018)
• James Cave, Brandon Manitoba Canada († 1976)
• Marijke Tax († 1992)
• William J. Manley, Montgomery, Fayette County, West Virginia († 1998)
• Remco van de Vorst, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2021)

• Coenraad Springer (63), 's-Gravenhage
• Baukje Jippes Bokma (81)
• Bernardus Peperkamp (89), Lent, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arietje van Duikeren (76), 's Gravenhage
• Anna Stiekel (80), Appingedam
• Aleida Jacoba Willemsen (67), Nijmegen
• Coenraad Springer (63), Den Haag
• Anna Maria Josephine Meuleners (84), St Cloud, Stearns Co, Minnesota
• Bernard Joseph Cox (53), Colchester, Essex, England
• Baukje de Boer (63), Bolsward, Gem. Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland

• 1963 » David Leigh, holder of the Sir Samuel Hall Chair of Chemistry at the University of Manchester
• 1963 » Viktor Orbán, Hungarian politician, 38th Prime Minister of Hungary
• 1963 » Wesley Willis, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player († 2003)
• 1964 » Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, American rapper and producer
• 1964 » Leonard Asper, Canadian lawyer and businessman
• 1964 » Stéphane Caristan, French hurdler and coach
• 1964 » Yukio Edano, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs
• 1965 » Brooke Shields, American model, actress, and producer
• 1966 » Roshan Mahanama, Sri Lankan cricketer and referee
• 1967 » Phil Keoghan, New Zealand television host and producer

• 1954 » Antonis Benakis, Greek art collector and philanthropist, founded the Benaki Museum (b. 1873)
• 1957 » Leopold Staff, Polish poet and academic (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Stefanos Sarafis, Greek general and politician (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Walther Funk, German economist, journalist, and politician, German Minister of Economics (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Willem Elsschot, Flemish author and poet (b. 1882)
• 1962 » Henry F. Ashurst, American lawyer and politician (b. 1874)
• 1967 » Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (b. 1915)
• 1970 » Terry Sawchuk, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1929)
• 1976 » Jacques Monod, French biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 1977 » William Castle, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914)

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

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

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
• April 6 » Launch of Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.
• April 9 » Astrodome opens. First indoor baseball game is played.
• August 4 » The Constitution of the Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within New Zealand.
• August 6 » US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
• September 7 » During an Indo-Pakistani War, China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
• October 17 » The 1964–65 New York World's Fair closes after two years and more than 51 million attendees.

The temperature on May 31, 1965 was between 7.1 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.