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• Marcia Regina Cardoso, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil († 1992)
• Gayla Jean Bolkema († 1962)
• Petronella Margaretha Johanna (Petra) Ester, Eindhoven
• Anna Cornelia Geurts, Dodewaard (Gelderland) Nederland)
• Hennie Geers, Fijnaart,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2001)
• Geurt Evert Bakkenes, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 1996)
• Leonardus Cornelis Adrianus Notenboom, Roosendaal († 1962)
• Stephen Craig Bonnema, San Bernardino County, California († 2005)
• Antonius Marinus Maria Spitters, Fijnaart,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1981)
• David Herman Suurland, Breda († 1996)

• Alexander Georg Ghislain Graf von Thurn und Valsassina-Como-Vercelli (83)
• Anna Maria Vanderven (90), Grand Haven Michigan ( Usa)
• Andreas Huisinga (74)
• Antonius Petrus Henricus Siebers (58), Nijmegen
• Aasje Hoek (89), Rotterdam
• Barendina Engelina Blom (85), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alfons Luypaert (48), Aalst
• Adrianus Johannes Juffermans (56), 's-Gravenhage
• Arie van der Heide (87), Harlingen
• Aaltje Vrieling (89), Groningen

• 1958 » Andy Gibb, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor († 1988)
• 1958 » Bob Forward, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 » Volodymyr Bezsonov, Ukrainian footballer and manager
• 1959 » Vazgen Sargsyan, Armenian colonel and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Armenia († 1999)
• 1960 » Paul Drayson, Baron Drayson, English businessman and politician, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology
• 1963 » Joel Osteen, American pastor, author, and television host
• 1964 » Bertrand Cantat, French singer-songwriter
• 1964 » Gerald Vanenburg, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1965 » José Semedo, Portuguese footballer and coach
• 1966 » Oh Eun-sun, South Korean mountaineer

• 1955 » Antanas Merkys, Lithuanian lawyer and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Lithuania (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Cowboy Copas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1913)
• 1963 » Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)
• 1963 » Patsy Cline, American singer-songwriter (b. 1932)
• 1965 » Chen Cheng, Chinese general and politician, 27th Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1897)
• 1965 » Pepper Martin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1904)
• 1966 » Anna Akhmatova, Ukrainian-Russian poet, author, and translator (b. 1889)
• 1967 » Georges Vanier, Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (b. 1888)
• 1967 » Mischa Auer, Russian-American actor (b. 1905)
• 1967 » Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iranian political scientist and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1882)

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.
• March 2 » Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
• July 2 » The first Walmart store, then known as Wal-Mart, opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
• July 8 » Ne Win besieges and dynamites the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement.
• July 12 » The Rolling Stones perform for the first time at London's Marquee Club.
• July 22 » Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
• August 15 » James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok died in 2016.

The temperature on March 5, 1962 was between -1.3 and 1.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.