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• Freddy Nobels, Geel, België († 2013)
• Auke de Boer († 2004)
• Albertdina Franken, Doornspijk (Oosterwolde), Nederland († 1979)
• José Ramalho de Campos, Cunha, São Paulo, Brasil († 1962)
• José Antoinette Martha Maria van LIESHOUT, Leusden
• Debbie Anne PHILPOTT, Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia († 2009)
• Leendert Douwe Roeper, Den Helder († 1993)
• Martien Willems, Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1986)
• Cornelis Lentz, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2019)
• Michael Duane Slottje, Omaha Nebraska († 2018)

• Andries Pieter Jagtman (70), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• * Petrus Josephus Maria van Schijndel (50), Tilburg
• alewijn alewijnsz. ott (91), Amsterdam
• Adriana Helena Antoinette van de Stadt (51), Diepenveen
• Belia Maria Verweij (56)
• Alida Catharina Brunott (74), Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna VERMEER (71), Berkel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Adriana Klaartje van Kooten (74), Berwyn, Cook Co., Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Rauwerda (94), Tietjerksteradeel
• Antje Zondervan (74), Sneek

• 1960 » Fred Roberts, American basketball player and educator
• 1960 » Sarah Brightman, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1961 » Eddie Gilbert, American wrestler and manager († 1995)
• 1962 » Andres Herkel, Estonian academic and politician
• 1962 » Kevin Harris, Canadian skateboarder
• 1962 » Mark Gubicza, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1962 » Rameez Raja, Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster
• 1963 » Emmanuelle Béart, French actress
• 1963 » José Cóceres, Argentinian golfer
• 1964 » Neal Anderson, American football player and coach

• 1954 » Hugo Eckener, German pilot and designer (b. 1868)
• 1955 » Herbert Putnam, American lawyer and publisher, Librarian of Congress (b. 1861)
• 1956 » Bertolt Brecht, German poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898)
• 1958 » Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1958 » Konstantin von Neurath, German lawyer and politician, Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1873)
• 1963 » Clifford Odets, American director, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Johnny Burnette, American singer-songwriter (b. 1934)
• 1965 » Vello Kaaristo, Estonian skier (b. 1911)
• 1966 » Tip Snooke, South African cricketer (b. 1881)
• 1967 » Bob Anderson, English motorcycle racer and race car driver (b. 1931)

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.
• August 15 » James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok died in 2016.
• August 30 » Japan conducts a test of the NAMC YS-11, its first aircraft since World War II and its only successful commercial aircraft from before or after the war.
• October 16 » Cuban missile crisis begins: Kennedy is informed of photos taken on October 14 by a U-2 showing nuclear missiles (the crisis will last for 13 days starting from this point).
• October 20 » China launches simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line, igniting the Sino-Indian War.
• November 21 » The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.
• December 14 » NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.

The temperature on August 14, 1962 was between 10.0 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.