About the day » Sunday March 11, 1962Calender converter

• Glenn Murray
• James Everett Wichers († 2011)
• Margaret 't Lam, Leerdam († 2015)
• Janice Mary CICERCHI, Portland, Multnomah Co, Oregon, Verenigde Staten († 1962)
• Tineke Admiraal, Egmond Binnen (gem. Bergen, NH) († 2000)
• Harman Berend Boertien, Hoogeveen nederland († 1962)
• Vincent Andreus Jacobi Rongen, Bergen, Limburg, Nederland († 1987)
• Marinel van Antwerpen, 's-Gravenzande († 2011)
• Albine van der Pol, Hoogeveen († 1963)
• Harman Berend Boertien, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1962)

• Agnes Dohmen (37), Kerkrade
• Annie Todd (78)
• Bep Cusell, Amsterdam,Noord Holland,Netherlands
• Charles Everett Worthen (69), Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham Spier (76), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertus Lourentius de Wals (84)
• Alice Elizabeth Scott (52)
• Albertje Bosman (65), De Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland
• Camillus ALLIET (85), Zwevezele, Vlaams Gewest, België
• Anna Kremer (61), Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland

• 1960 » Christophe Gans, French director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 » Junichi Sato, Japanese animator and director
• 1960 » Warwick Taylor, New Zealand rugby player
• 1961 » Bruce Watson, Canadian-Scottish guitarist
• 1961 » Elias Koteas, Canadian actor
• 1962 » Mary Gauthier, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 » Matt Mead, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of Wyoming
• 1963 » Alex Kingston, English actress
• 1963 » David LaChapelle, American photographer and director
• 1963 » Gary Barnett, English footballer and manager

• 1955 » Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1955 » Oscar F. Mayer, German-American businessman, founded Oscar Mayer (b. 1859)
• 1957 » Richard E. Byrd, American admiral and explorer (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founded The Lego Group (b. 1891)
• 1959 » Lester Dent, American author (b. 1904)
• 1960 » Roy Chapman Andrews, American paleontologist and explorer (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Harry Altham, English cricketer, historian and coach (b. 1888)
• 1967 » Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress (b. 1882)
• 1968 » Haşim İşcan, Turkish educator and politician, 18th Mayor of İstanbul (b. 1898)
• 1969 » John Daly, Irish runner (b. 1880)

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 6 » The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.
• August 27 » The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
• September 30 » James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying racial segregation rules.
• October 12 » The Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities; 46 dead and at least U.S. $230 million in damages.
• November 24 » Cold War: The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin.
• 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 March 11, 1962 was between 1.2 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain during 18.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.