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• Gerardus Henricus Maria Wolfkamp († 1962)
• Rudi Grosemans, Sint-Truiden, België († 2021)
• Jan Gerard Honkoop
• Sandra Jeltje Jonas, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Gerard Nicolaas Vincent de Vries, Wilhelminaoord († 1965)
• Antonius Hubertus Wilhelmus Kuijs, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2018)
• Brian Coates († 1984)
• Amerik Dulfer, Leiden {ZH} († 1968)
• Cindy Sharon Vandertoolen, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1962)
• Antoinette Jans Barelds, Heemskerk († 1966)

• Birdie B. Risinger (82), Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico, United States of America
• Alwine Sophie Friederike Wilhelmine (Alwina\Alvina) OBERHOFF (72), Brenham Washington County TX (USA)
• Bernard Hüsers (68), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Teurlings (83), Haaren
• Arie Fransz Weijers (71), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Houben (54), Stein, Limburg, Netherlands
• Bernardus Cornelis Groenheijde (79), Zoetermeer (Zoetermeer), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfonsus Ignatius Brenninkmeijer (46), Nijmegen, Nederland
• Akke Dooper (74)
• Anna Gerarda Cornelia Zelen (61), Venlo

• 1959 » Gary Anderson, South African-American football player
• 1959 » James MacMillan, Scottish composer and conductor
• 1959 » Zoran Jolevski, Macedonian economist, politician, and diplomat, Macedonian Ambassador to the United States
• 1960 » Terry Pendleton, American baseball player and coach
• 1962 » Grigory Leps, Russian singer-songwriter
• 1963 » Mikael Pernfors, Swedish tennis player
• 1963 » Phoebe Cates, American actress
• 1963 » Srečko Katanec, Slovenian footballer and coach
• 1964 » Miguel Induráin, Spanish cyclist
• 1964 » Phil Hellmuth, American poker player

• 1949 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1960 » John P. Marquand, American author (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Rauf Orbay, Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Boris Artzybasheff, Ukrainian-American illustrator (b.1899)
• 1969 » James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (b. 1930)
• 1981 » Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
• 1982 » Charles Robberts Swart, South African lawyer and politician, 1st State President of South Africa (b. 1894)

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.
• June 7 » The Organisation Armée Secrète (OAS) sets fire to the University of Algiers library building, destroying about 500,000 books.
• July 12 » The Rolling Stones perform for the first time at London's Marquee Club.
• July 22 » Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
• July 23 » Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
• September 25 » The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.
• November 11 » Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.

The temperature on July 16, 1962 was between 11.7 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.