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• Beate Buschendorff, Bad Schwartau
• Hans Konstapel († 1962)
• wilhelmus elisabeth marie (will) rongen, helden-koningslust
• NN Abbing, Emmen,Drenthe,Niederlande († 1962)
• Walter JANSSEN, Hasselt, 3500, Limburg, België († 2018)
• Anna Lampers, Den Helder († 2006)
• Johanna-Stijna van der Stel, Maasdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• ELLEN KARIN SCHOUTEN († 1977)
• Helena Gerritse († 1962)

• de Bruijn (73)
• Aart Silfhout, van (82), Zeist
• Boniface Marinus Jonkheer de Jonge van Ellemeet (80), Utrecht
• Anna Elisabeth Verlinde (75), Schiedam
• Aart van SILFHOUT (82), Zeist (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
• Aart Van Silfhout (82), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje AARDEMA (83), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Bastiaan Andreas Sjoerdsma (66), Amersfoort
• Cornelia Ceelen (92), Oss
• Catrina Scheers (74), 's Gravenhage

• 1960 » Keith Dowding, English political scientist, philosopher, and academic
• 1960 » Lyudmila Andonova, Bulgarian high jumper
• 1961 » Frans Timmermans, Dutch politician and diplomat, First Vice President of the European Commission
• 1961 » George Clooney, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 » Gina Riley, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 » Oleksandr Apaychev, Ukrainian decathlete and coach
• 1961 » Tom Hunter, Scottish businessman and philanthropist
• 1962 » Brad Izzard, Australian rugby league player
• 1962 » Tom Brake, English politician
• 1963 » Alessandra Ferri, Italian ballerina

• 1951 » Élie Cartan, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (b. 1870)
• 1959 » Maria Dulęba, Polish actress (b. 1881)
• 1959 » Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic (b. 1907)
• 1961 » Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1895)
• 1963 » Monty Woolley, American raconteur, actor, and director (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Ted Weems, American violinist, trombonist, and bandleader (b. 1901)
• 1963 » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1881)
• 1967 » Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator (b. 1885)
• 1970 » Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general (b. 1879)

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

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

• 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
• March 19 » Highly influential artist Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan, for Columbia Records.
• May 10 » Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk.
• May 27 » The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine.
• June 2 » During the FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history.
• November 11 » Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.
• December 9 » The Petrified Forest National Park is established in Arizona.

The temperature on May 6, 1962 was between 12.0 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.