About the day » Saturday May 5, 1962Calender converter

• Matheus Franciscus Anna Schumann, Weert, Limburg, Nederland († 2018)
• Maria Gerarda Jacoba Johanna Simons, Breda
• Jacqueline Denise Chadwell, Corbin, Whitley, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Arie Visser († 1970)
• Stillborn Child DE VROOME, Assen (NL/DR) († 1962)
• Joyce Elaine Zylstra, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin († 2009)
• Christophe Hérick Suzanne Jean Hyacinthe Marie Ghislain Bisilliat Donnet, Ukkel († 2012)
• Charles Jay Cnossen († 2000)
• Susan Butler, Grand Forks, Grand Forks, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Henricus Marinus Maria Westelaken, Berlicum († 1995)

• Anna Maria Frijnts (64), Maastricht, Nederland
• Antje Pieters Peterson (87), Rinsumageest
• Cornelis Hoogendijk (75), Capelle aan den IJssel
• Carel Rasuinus Oomens (81), Den Haag
• Anton Franz Middelhoven (65), Rheine, Duitsland
• Catherine Lavinia Cuddahee (67), Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States
• Anna Hillegonda van Lon (82), Leeuwarden, 8911, Nederland
• Charles Reuther (79)
• Catharina Louisa Scheffer (80), Rotterdam ZH NDL
• Cornelis van Westen (51), Hoogkarspel

• 1960 » Doug Hawkins, Australian footballer and sportscaster
• 1961 » Hiroshi Hase, Japanese wrestler and politician
• 1961 » Marg Downey, Australian actress
• 1961 » Rob Williams, American basketball player († 2014)
• 1962 » Kaoru Wada, Japanese composer and conductor
• 1963 » James LaBrie, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1963 » Scott Westerfeld, American author and composer
• 1963 » Simon Rimmer, English chef and author
• 1964 » Heike Henkel, German high jumper
• 1964 » Jean-François Copé, French politician, French Minister of Budget

• 1947 » Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 1957 » Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1965 » John Waters, American director and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1965 » Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer (b. 1915)
• 1971 » Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (b. 1887)
• 1973 » Zekai Özger, Turkish poet and academic (b. 1948)
• 1977 » Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1981 » Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer and hunger striker (b. 1954)

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.
• June 2 » During the FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history.
• July 11 » First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
• August 6 » Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
• October 3 » Project Mercury: Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched from Cape Canaveral for a six-orbit flight.
• October 27 » By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war.
• November 20 » Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation.

The temperature on May 5, 1962 was between 2.7 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.