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• Thea Leonore Valk, Paramaribo, Suriname († 2014)
• Frederik Willem Jozef Jansen, Lochem († 1981)
• Gerardus Keur, Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Henk ter Meer († 1992)
• Eimer Wieldraaier, Stadskanaal
• Dorina Papo, Baarn († 2000)
• Samuel "Sammy" Thomas Dunn, Montgomery, Alabama († 2000)
• Shelda KALTSCHNEE, Jacksonville Illinois U.S.A († 2015)
• Francoise van Zuijlekom, Rotterdam
• Alice Van Der Wal († 1963)

• Antoinette Louise Perk (78), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Angela Sophia Haverkort (82), Steenwijksmoer (Coevorden)
• Cornelia Catharina Maria Verhagen (63), Tilburg
• CORNELIA MEIJBOOM (71), LEIDSCHENDAM
• Annie Elizabeth LECHTHALER (81), Baltimore Maryland U.S.A
• Albert G Dolby (91), Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States
• Auke Luursema (87), 't Zandt
• Andrew Poling (83), Elkins, Randolph, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Susanna van der Koelen (68), Den Haag
• Auke LUURSEMA (87), 't Zandt Groningen Netherlands

• 1961 » Alexandre Desplat, French composer and conductor
• 1961 » Dean DeLeo, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1961 » Gary Mabbutt, English footballer
• 1961 » Hitomi Takahashi, Japanese actress
• 1961 » Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iranian commander and politician, 54th Mayor of Tehran
• 1962 » Martin Cauchon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 46th Canadian Minister of Justice
• 1962 » Shaun Ryder, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1963 » Glória Pires, Brazilian actress
• 1963 » Park Chan-wook, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 » Richard Illingworth, English cricketer and umpire

• 1949 » Helen Churchill Candee, American geographer, journalist, and author (b. 1858)
• 1954 » Jaan Sarv, Estonian mathematician and scholar (b. 1877)
• 1960 » Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and composer (b. 1895)
• 1962 » Hoot Gibson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Walter Anderson, Russian-German ethnologist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1964 » Edmond Hogan, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Victoria (b. 1883)
• 1966 » Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1967 » Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (b. 1918)
• 1967 » Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach (b. 1883)
• 1974 » Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and author (b. 1888)

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.
• January 3 » Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro.
• January 15 » The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
• March 2 » Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
• June 14 » The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
• August 16 » Pete Best is discharged from The Beatles, to be replaced two days later by Ringo Starr.
• December 14 » NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.

The temperature on August 23, 1962 was between 10.7 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 9.1 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.