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• Irenee Louise Prinsen, Auckland (Nieuw-Zeeland) († 1985)
• Petronella Johanna Adriana van Eldijk, Maasbommel, Gelderland, Nederland († 2014)
• Wilhelmina Johanna Van Harmelen, Utrecht († 2005)
• johannes carolus jacobus marie (jan) duijf, helden-koningslust
• Cynthia Stob, Blue Island, IL
• Willem Lein "Wim" Vader, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1999)
• N.N. Lesterhuis, Groningen
• Abram (Bram) Wiersema († 2012)
• Stefaan Prinsmel, Sint-Truiden, België († 2022)
• Fernand Marcel Van de Weyer, Mol, Antwerpen, België († 2010)

• Bernhardina Gerarda Maria Berndsen (70), Eindhoven
• Carl Hofvander (78), The Netherlands
• Berend A Freese (100), Sac City, Sac County, Iowa
• Amplona Elizabeth VOOGD Pdr (82)
• Augustus De Pooter (61), Geel, België
• Aaltje Smit (81), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Ada WOOLFORD (CROSSLEY) (79)
• Aleida Gerardina Henrietta Maria Hartogh Heys (93), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Arie DE BOEF (88), Baarn
• Alberdina Johanna Willemina KOOPMAN (72), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1960 » Craig Scanlon, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1962 » Alain Blondel, French decathlete
• 1962 » Imad Mughniyah, Lebanese activist († 2008)
• 1962 » Jeffrey Donaldson, Northern Irish politician
• 1963 » Barbara Weathers, American R&B/soul singer
• 1963 » Katsuya Terada, Japanese illustrator
• 1963 » Theo Snelders, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1964 » Hugo Blick, English filmmaker
• 1964 » Patrick Fabian, American actor
• 1964 » Peter Laviolette, American ice hockey player and coach

• 1949 » Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1960 » Ioannis Demestichas, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1882)
• 1962 » Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian opera singer (b. 1895)
• 1969 » Eric Portman, English actor (b. 1903)
• 1969 » Lefty O'Doul, American baseball player and manager (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist, sculptor, and author (b. 1883)
• 1975 » Hardie Albright, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1975 » Thornton Wilder, American novelist and playwright (b. 1897)

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.
• July 2 » The first Walmart store, then known as Wal-Mart, opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
• July 8 » Ne Win besieges and dynamites the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement.
• August 31 » Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
• September 27 » Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
• October 13 » The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Cat 3 hurricane, with winds above 150mph. 46 people die.
• October 16 » Cuban missile crisis begins: Kennedy is informed of photos taken on October 14 by a U-2 showing nuclear missiles (the crisis will last for 13 days starting from this point).

The temperature on December 7, 1962 was between -5.5 °C and 1.1 °C and averaged -2.0 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.