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• A.W.J.M. Broekhoven
• Adrianus Jacobus van Vorstenbosch, Dongen
• Janita Jacoba Kampen, Apeldoorn († 2011)
• Anthon Oudwater, Baarn († 1999)
• Anne-Marie Curfs, Montmirail (F) († 1999)
• Jacqueline Cornella Dorst, Van, Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1964)
• Susan Marie Kittrell Carroll Wilson [KB Ob] "Susie", Tennessee ac († 2006)
• Marcus Pouwels († 2014)
• Doodgeboren kind Vogelsangs, Deurne († 1962)
• Michael Villiers LAWRENCE, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 1986)

• Dirk Lambertus van Alphen (69), Rotterdam
• Andries 'Andrew' De Graaf (82), Newkirk, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Alphons Joseph Klerks (73), Tilburg
• Doodgeboren kind Vogelsangs (0), Deurne
• Cuno Brower (71)
• Antonia Goossens (89), Vught (NB, NLD)
• bernard smeets (69), venlo
• Cornelis Verschoor (69), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Adzeline Lucie Bouzenot (75), Dijon
• Dirk van Wijk (71), Schiedam

• 1961 » Chendo, Spanish footballer
• 1962 » Branko Crvenkovski, Macedonian engineer and politician, 3rd President of the Republic of Macedonia
• 1962 » Carlos Bernard, American actor and director
• 1962 » Chris Botti, American trumpet player and composer
• 1962 » Deborah Foreman, American actress and photographer
• 1962 » John Coleman, English footballer and manager
• 1962 » Mads Eriksen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
• 1963 » Hideki Fujisawa, Japanese composer
• 1963 » Raimond Aumann, German footballer
• 1963 » Satoshi Kon, Japanese animator and screenwriter († 2010)

• 1956 » Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer and painter (b. 1872)
• 1957 » Arie de Jong, Indonesian-Dutch linguist and physician (b. 1865)
• 1958 » Gordon Griffith, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
• 1960 » Inejiro Asanuma, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1898)
• 1964 » John Watkins, Canadian diplomat (b. 1902)
• 1965 » Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1967 » Ram Manohar Lohia, Indian activist and politician (b. 1910)
• 1969 » Julius Saaristo, Finnish javelin thrower and soldier (b. 1891)
• 1969 » Serge Poliakoff, Russian-French painter and academic (b. 1906)
• 1969 » Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater and actress (b. 1912)

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.
• February 27 » Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bomb the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President Ngô Đình Diệm.
• April 21 » The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
• July 11 » First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
• July 30 » The Trans-Canada Highway, the longest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
• September 27 » The Yemen Arab Republic is established.
• October 28 » Cuban Missile Crisis: Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.

The temperature on October 12, 1962 was between 6.4 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (36%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.