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• Maria Jacoba Catharina van der Horst, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Sylvie Knockaert († 1965)
• Richard Heenk, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Franciscus Johannes Maria van Venrooij, Schaesberg († 1995)
• Maaike Blokland, Zaandam († 2012)
• Andre Wibbelink, Deventer († 1965)
• Randy Cox († 2009)
• Marlou Grooten († 1965)

• Anna Thoonen (79), Gassel
• ANDRE GLAZER (49)
• Beertje Veldhuizen (75), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Catharina Johanna Bodewes (79), Zwolle
• Brigitta Johanna Maria Vroone (0), Amersfoort
• Anna Langes-Wubkes (43)
• Adrianus Busio (65), Oosterhout
• Catharina van Vugt (68), Diessen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharinus Hendrikus van Mil (68), Amsterdam
• Anna Van der Herten, Melsele, Beveren, Oost-Vlaanderen, België

• 1963 » Brian Skrudland, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1963 » Fergus Henderson, English chef and author
• 1963 » Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim), English DJ and musician
• 1964 » Jim Corr, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964 » Urmas Hepner, Estonian footballer and coach
• 1965 » Ian Roberts, English-Australian rugby league player and actor
• 1965 » J. K. Rowling, English author and film producer
• 1965 » John Laurinaitis, American wrestler and producer
• 1965 » Scott Brooks, American basketball player and coach
• 1966 » Dean Cain, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

• 1953 » Robert A. Taft, American soldier and politician (b. 1889)
• 1954 » Onofre Marimón, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1923)
• 1958 » Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter (b. 1923)
• 1966 » Bud Powell, American pianist (b. 1924)
• 1968 » Jack Pizzey, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Queensland (b. 1911)
• 1971 » Walter P. Carter, American soldier and activist (b. 1923)
• 1972 » Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Belgium, 1st President of the United Nations General Assembly (b. 1899)
• 1973 » Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (b. 1921)
• 1979 » Beatrix Lehmann, English actress and director (b. 1903)

• 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 23 » NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young).
• May 18 » Israeli spy Eli Cohen is hanged in Damascus, Syria.
• August 29 » The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
• September 22 » The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, ends after the United Nations calls for a ceasefire.
• November 2 » Norman Morrison, a 31-year-old Quaker, sets himself on fire in front of the river entrance to the Pentagon to protest the use of napalm in the Vietnam war.
• December 4 » Launch of Gemini 7 with crew members Frank Borman and Jim Lovell. The Gemini 7 spacecraft was the passive target for the first crewed space rendezvous performed by the crew of Gemini 6A.

The temperature on July 31, 1965 was between 8.1 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.