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• Paul Scott Gunnink, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Anja Antonia Liduina Maria van der Avoird, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1984)
• Dianne Jandr Dirkmaat († 1992)
• John Peter van der Velde, Pomona, Los Angeles County, California, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Albert Langereis, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Adriaan Christiaan Bakx, Rotterdam († 2002)
• Leon Damen, Liessel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2009)
• Joel Roy Hartshorn, Lamar, Colorado († 1970)
• Jeffery Earl Caldwell, Boyle County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Edwin Gerardus Cornelis Kieboom, Goirle

• Clasina Cornelia Zuijdervliet (61), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Beitske Loen (77), Nieuwebrug
• Anna Elisabeth Vogten (78), Born, Limburg, Nederland
• Albertus de Jongh (87), Leiden
• Catharina Schaper (69)
• Adrianus de Crom (82), Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL
• Antonia Adriana van Meggelen (69), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• (76), Tilburg
• Antje Pieters Tijsma (64), Herbaijum
• Catharina Maria van Galen (71), Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1961 » Giorgos Koumoutsakos, Greek politician
• 1961 » Jim Cornette, American wrestling manager and sportscaster
• 1961 » Ty Tabor, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (King's X)
• 1962 » Baz Luhrmann, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 » BeBe Winans, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1962 » Dustin Nguyen, Vietnamese-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 » Hesham Qandil, Egyptian engineer and politician, 51st Prime Minister of Egypt
• 1962 » Wayne Riley, Australian golfer
• 1963 » James Urbaniak, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 » Masahiro Chono, American-Japanese wrestler and manager

• 1951 » Jimmy Yancey, American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1953 » David Munson, American runner (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Hans Feige, German general (Wehrmacht) (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Adnan Menderes, Turkish lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1899)
• 1965 » Alejandro Casona, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor and actor (b. 1930)
• 1971 » Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain (b. 1937)
• 1972 » Akim Tamiroff, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1973 » Hugo Winterhalter, American bandleader and composer (b. 1909)
• 1975 » Nicola Moscona, Greek-American singer-songwriter (b. 1907)

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 27 » Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bomb the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President Ngô Đình Diệm.
• March 19 » Highly influential artist Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan, for Columbia Records.
• July 2 » The first Walmart store, then known as Wal-Mart, opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
• August 20 » The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered civilian ship, embarks on its maiden voyage.
• September 30 » Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the National Farm Workers Association.
• November 24 » Cold War: The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin.

The temperature on September 17, 1962 was between 6.3 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 11.0 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.