About the day » Tuesday January 30, 1962Calender converter

• Hubertus Gerardus van Slobbe, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1962)
• Jason Timmer Daus, Troy,New York
• petronella johanna martina (elly) verhaegh, helden-beringe († 2016)
• Ania Wilma BECKX, Amsterdam (NL/NH) († 1962)
• Hendrik Willem Henri Botter, Zuidwolde († 1972)
• Cornelis Franciscus Marie Aerts, Klein-Zundert,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1971)
• Henri Botter († 1972)
• David Richard Jansen († 1979)
• franciscus joseph hendrikus maria (frank) van den beucken, helden-beringe
• Denise Jo Aukes, Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa († 1976)

• Arnoldus Roodhart Weijs (83), Bussum,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berend SONDERMAN (87), Onstwedde Groningen Netherlands
• Gijsbert Rademaker (61), Delft
• Adelheid Baumann (78)
• Cornelis Kikstra (84), Ried
• Catharina Maria Deliën (59), Tilburg
• Adrianus Blonk (72), rotterdam
• Bertha Stolk (89), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelis Franciscus Bernardus de Werd (68), Chaam
• Cornelie Marlieske Bramsen (0), Goes, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1957 » Payne Stewart, American golfer († 1999)
• 1958 » Derek White, Scottish rugby player
• 1959 » Cynthia Carter, Welsh journalist, author, and academic
• 1959 » Jody Watley, American entertainer
• 1959 » Steve Folkes, Australian rugby league player and coach († 2018)
• 1962 » Abdullah II of Jordan
• 1964 » Otis Smith, American basketball player, coach, and manager
• 1965 » Kevin Moore, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1966 » Danielle Goyette, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1968 » Felipe VI of Spain

• 1951 » Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Ernst Heinkel, German engineer and businessman; founded the Heinkel Aircraft Company (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Jean Crotti, Swiss painter (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician and engineer (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (b. 1899)
• 1966 » Jaan Hargel, Estonian flute player, conductor, and educator (b. 1912)
• 1968 » Makhanlal Chaturvedi, Indian poet, playwright, and journalist (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Dominique Pire, Belgian friar, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 1973 » Elizabeth Baker, American economist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1974 » Olav Roots, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1910)

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 3 » At Paris Orly Airport, Air France Flight 007 overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130.
• July 2 » The first Walmart store, then known as Wal-Mart, opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
• September 6 » Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the second century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London.
• September 30 » James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying racial segregation rules.
• October 13 » The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Cat 3 hurricane, with winds above 150mph. 46 people die.
• November 17 » President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.

The temperature on January 30, 1962 was between -8.3 °C and -1.2 °C and averaged -5.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.