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• Nicolas Colas des Francs, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France († 1962)
• Willem Hoek, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• NN Harms, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Willem Willemsz Hoek, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• N Harms, Emmen († 1962)
• Geurt Hendrik Marcel Schimmel († 2009)
• Willem Hoek, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Bea Wiermans, Weert,, Limburg, Nederland († 1968)
• Willemina Johanna Flantua, Hardewijk
• Agnes van der Ven († 2017)

• Barbara Ellen Bookhammer (89), Coraoplis, Pa
• Alida Huisman (75), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Wichers (82), Gorssel
• Aaltje de BOER (76), Noordoostpolder
• Baukje Ypes de Vries (69), Leeuwarden
• Aaltje Kamphuis (79), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Bastiaan Pieter Coenraad ten Haaf (75), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Coenraad Wiechert (89), Noordwijkerhout
• Bram van Kooi (96)
• Bram van Kooi (96), Soest

• 1959 » Cris Collinsworth, American football player and sportscaster
• 1959 » Göran Hägglund, Swedish lawyer and politician, 28th Swedish Minister for Social Affairs
• 1960 » Fiona O'Donnell, Canadian-Scottish politician
• 1961 » Margo Timmins, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1961 » Narciso Rodriguez, American fashion designer
• 1962 » Roberto Paci Dalò, Italian director and composer
• 1963 » George Monbiot, English-Welsh author and activist
• 1964 » Bridget Fonda, American actress
• 1964 » Patrick van Deurzen, Dutch composer and academic
• 1964 » Shahin Shahablou, Iranian photographer († 2020)

• 1951 » Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish field marshal and politician, 6th President of Finland (b. 1867)
• 1956 » Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director (b. 1890)
• 1961 » Bernard Friedberg, Austrian scholar and author (b. 1876)
• 1963 » John Farrow, Australian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 1965 » Abraham Walkowitz, American painter (b. 1878)
• 1967 » Alphonse Juin, Algerian-French general (b. 1888)
• 1967 » crew of Apollo 1
• 1970 » Rocco D'Assunta, Italian actor, comedian and playwright (b. 1904)
• 1971 » Jacobo Árbenz, Guatemalan captain and politician, President of Guatemala (b. 1913)
• 1972 » Mahalia Jackson, American singer (b. 1911)

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.
• July 11 » Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth.
• July 22 » Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
• September 6 » The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Fork nuclear readiness drill.
• September 27 » The Yemen Arab Republic is established.
• September 30 » James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying racial segregation rules.
• December 2 » Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to comment adversely on the war's progress.

The temperature on January 27, 1962 was between 1.6 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.