About the day » Tuesday July 31, 1962Calender converter

• James E Todd ****, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten († 1990)
• Johan Willlem Suelmann, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2011)
• Teresa Marie Wallace, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas († 2013)
• Hercules Alexander Genzel, amsterdam, Nederland († 1962)
• Lydia Marie Yvonne Renée Pierre, Sint-Truiden, België († 2023)
• Carol Lynn Hettinger († 2009)
• Johan Willem (Wim) Suelmann, Emmen († 2011)
• Sjoukje Jacoba Schriemer, Drachten († 2020)
• Rina Boffin, Sint-Truiden, België († 2017)
• Patrick VAN MAERCKE, Sint Niklaas († 2012)

• Cornelia Maria Brommer (62), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Helena Maria Veenhoff (78), Maastricht, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Bernard William Westerbeke (80), West Sayville,Suffolk County, New York, United States
• Arie Trapman (75), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Terfehn (79)
• Adrianus Johannes David van Nooij (63), 's-Gravenhage
• Antonius van Meer (45), Oosterhout
• Anne Iebeles Koehoorn (89), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• David Schild (84), Utrecht
• Alberta Blokzijl (91), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands

• 1960 » Dale Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 » Malcolm Ross, Scottish guitarist and songwriter
• 1961 » Frank Gardner, English captain and journalist
• 1961 » Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Nigerian banker, royal
• 1962 » John Chiang, American lawyer and politician, 31st California State Controller
• 1962 » Kevin Greene, American football player and coach
• 1962 » Wesley Snipes, American actor and producer
• 1963 » Brian Skrudland, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1963 » Fergus Henderson, English chef and author
• 1963 » Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim), English DJ and musician

• 1953 » Robert A. Taft, American soldier and politician (b. 1889)
• 1954 » Onofre Marimón, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1923)
• 1958 » Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter (b. 1923)
• 1966 » Bud Powell, American pianist (b. 1924)
• 1968 » Jack Pizzey, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Queensland (b. 1911)
• 1971 » Walter P. Carter, American soldier and activist (b. 1923)
• 1972 » Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Belgium, 1st President of the United Nations General Assembly (b. 1899)
• 1973 » Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (b. 1921)
• 1979 » Beatrix Lehmann, English actress and director (b. 1903)

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.
• February 8 » Charonne massacre. Nine trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police.
• June 14 » The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
• September 8 » Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star.
• September 30 » James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying racial segregation rules.
• October 3 » Project Mercury: Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched from Cape Canaveral for a six-orbit flight.
• October 14 » The Cuban Missile Crisis begins when an American reconnaissance aircraft takes photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles being installed in Cuba.

The temperature on July 31, 1962 was between 13.8 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.