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• Monika LIMBECK, Hassum, Goch (DE) († 1979)
• Helmut Fischer († 2007)
• Wagenaars, Vught († 2016)
• Gerald Blaine Robertson, Charlottetown, PE Canada († 1962)
• Alma Rose Miles, Marlette, Sanilac, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Jeffrey Schneider, (USA) († 1994)

• Carolus Gerardus Nevelsteen (53), Geel 2440, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Catharina Johanna Lancee (Lancée) (83), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Magdalena Rouppé (73), Blijham, Wedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Aafje Hoogeveen (68), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Annegien Koops (80), Assen
• Agnes Assendelft (78)
• Bernardus Aloysius Lensink (59), Lichtenvoorde,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Meijer (52), Deventer, Overijssel, The Netherlands
• Adolph Reinhard Zeyger graaf van Rechteren Limpurg (52), Dalfsen,Gemeente Dalfsen,Overijssel,Netherlands,kasteel Rechteren
• Antonius Petrus van Hamond (68), Oirschot, Nederland

• 1961 » Titus Welliver, American actor
• 1962 » Andreas Köpke, former German footballer
• 1962 » Chris Sanders, American illustrator and voice actor
• 1962 » Darryl Strawberry, American baseball player and minister
• 1962 » Julia Campbell, American actress
• 1963 » Candy Costie, American swimmer
• 1963 » Ian Holloway, English footballer and manager
• 1963 » Joaquim Cruz, Brazilian runner and coach
• 1963 » John Andretti, American race car driver († 2020)
• 1963 » Reiner Gies, German boxer

• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1954 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1920)
• 1955 » Theodor Plievier, German author best known for his anti-war novel (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Josephine Hull, American actress (b. 1877)
• 1971 » Eugene Lindsay Opie, American physician and pathologist (b. 1873)
• 1973 » Frankie Frisch, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)
• 1974 » George D. Sax, American banker and businessman (b. 1904)

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 » The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
• July 6 » As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
• August 6 » Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
• October 9 » A visible light-emitting diode (LED) is first demonstrated in Syracuse, New York.
• October 25 » Cuban Missile Crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows the United Nations Security Council reconnaissance photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba.
• November 17 » President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.

The temperature on March 12, 1962 was between -3.2 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.