About the day » Sunday January 14, 1962Calender converter

• René Blonk, Woerden († 2004)
• Evert Elbert Vlastuin († 1962)
• Martine Helena Vastmans, Neeroeteren, Provincie Limburg, België († 1972)
• Angela Moonen, Eindhoven († 1997)
• C A G Stoltz
• Louise van Amelsvoort, Arnhem
• Trijn Huizinga, Eenrum († 2010)
• John Pizzo, IL († 2009)
• Irene Todd, Glasgow
• Eduard Leo Benjamins († 1962)

• Adriana Carolina Kalshoven (57), Amsterdam
• Chester Young Clawson (78), SLC, SL, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Andreas Cornelis Christiaan Kamhoot (73), Doorn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Peternella Winnubst (49), Maastricht
• Cid Cordeiro Prestes (66), Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brasil
• Berend Snippe (69), Nordhorn, Nedersaksen, Dld
• Adolf Viersma (87), Drachten
• Aartinius Cornelius Tjarko Polèe (74), Bilthoven
• * Merrigje Buijserd (79), Leerdam
• Christi Jo Vande Vegte (0), Escondido, California, Verenigde Staten

• 1959 » Geoff Tate, German-American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1961 » Rob Hall, New Zealand mountaineer († 1996)
• 1963 » Steven Soderbergh, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964 » Beverly Kinch, English long jumper and sprinter
• 1964 » Shepard Smith, American television journalist
• 1965 » Bob Essensa, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1965 » Marc Delissen, Dutch field hockey player, coach, and lawyer
• 1965 » Slick Rick, English-American rapper and producer
• 1966 » Rob Flello, English lawyer and politician
• 1966 » Terry Angus, English footballer, central defender

• 1952 » Artur Kapp, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1959 » Eivind Berggrav, Norwegian bishop and translator (b. 1884)
• 1961 » Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (b. 1888)
• 1962 » M. Visvesvaraya, Indian engineer, scholar, and politician (b. 1860)
• 1965 » Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Sergei Korolev, Ukrainian-Russian engineer and academic (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Dorothea Mackellar, Australian poet and author (b. 1885)
• 1970 » Asım Gündüz, Turkish general (b. 1880)
• 1970 » William Feller, Croatian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1906)

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. Karin
12. Monique
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 16 » A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation disappears in the western Pacific Ocean, with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.
• July 2 » The first Walmart store, then known as Wal-Mart, opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
• August 15 » James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok died in 2016.
• August 31 » Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
• September 25 » The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.
• September 27 » The Yemen Arab Republic is established.

The temperature on January 14, 1962 was between 2.3 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain during 5.9 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.