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

• Cornelia Meeus (93), Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernardus Peperkamp (89), Lent, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis Trommel (76), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Albert James Reece (84), New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
• Adrianus Johannes van Hoewijk (71), Rijswijk
• Antonie Berm (90), Breda
• Antonius Mattheus Marie Aries (62), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arietje van Duikeren (76), 's Gravenhage
• Anna Stiekel (80), Appingedam (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Antonius Henricus Hendriks (64), Helmond

• 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. Ingrid
6. Anna
7. Cornelia
8. Yvonne
9. Jolanda
10. Petra
11. Catharina
12. Linda
13. Anita
14. Jacqueline
15. Karin
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.
• March 18 » Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.
• June 22 » The Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea is signed.
• August 11 » Race riots (the Watts Riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
• August 29 » The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
• September 9 » The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is established.
• December 30 » Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.

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.