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• Liesbeth ( Lieke ) Hoekenga, Middenmeer († 2010)
• Ria Snoeij († 2012)
• Liesbeth Hoekenga, Middenmeer,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Maria Cornelia Wilhelmina Kusters, Tilburg
• Rudolf Theresia Bernadette Maria de Bijl, Deurne († 1963)
• Blanche Elisabeth Constance van Berckel, Belgrado, Yugoslavia
• N.N. van der Hoek, rotterdam († 1962)
• Caterinus (Rini) Benjamins, Elim, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2017)
• Theodorus Mathias Janssen, Bree († 1962)
• Irma Rijdes, Vianen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Annegien Wijma (70), Smilde
• Elisabeth Elles Koopmans (68)
• Edith May Blakeslee *** (78), Woodbridge, New Haven, Connecticut
• Anna Isabella de Bruijn (85), Steenbergen, N-Br, NL
• Geertrui van de NOBELEN (83), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Charlie William Karl Wilhelm (Charlie) OBERHOFF (60), Needville Fort Bend TX (USA)
• Delbert Glenn GROVER (0), Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho, United States of America
• Antonie Mons (82), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Geertrui van de Nobelen (83), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Georges Albert Gustave Jhr Lantonnois van Rode (82), Handzame, 8610, Province Flandre Occidentale, Flandre, BELGIQUE

• 1959 » Pauline Quirke, English actress
• 1960 » Mal Meninga, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1961 » Andrew Fletcher, English keyboard player
• 1961 » Ces Drilon, Filipino journalist
• 1961 » Karl Seglem, Norwegian saxophonist and record producer
• 1961 » Toby Keith, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1962 » Joan Osborne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1963 » Mark Christopher, American director and screenwriter
• 1964 » Alexei Gusarov, Russian ice hockey player and manager
• 1965 » Dan Levinson, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and bandleader

• 1950 » Othmar Spann, Austrian sociologist, economist, and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1952 » August Alle, Estonian lawyer, author, and poet (b. 1890)
• 1956 » Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Thomas Sigismund Stribling, American lawyer and author (b. 1881)
• 1968 » Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player (b. 1882)
• 1971 » Kurt Reidemeister, German mathematician connected to the Vienna Circle (b. 1893)
• 1972 » Ghassan Kanafani, Palestinian writer and politician (b. 1936)
• 1973 » Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Education Minister of Israel (b. 1884)
• 1973 » Gene L. Coon, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1924)
• 1973 » Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer and coach (b. 1877)

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.
• January 15 » Netherlands New Guinea Conflict: Indonesian Navy fast patrol boat RI Macan Tutul commanded by Commodore Yos Sudarso sunk in Arafura Sea by the Dutch Navy.
• July 10 » Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
• August 27 » The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
• September 25 » The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.
• October 9 » Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
• November 4 » The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

The temperature on July 8, 1962 was between 3.4 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (82%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.