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• Annie Vis, Oud Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoon Gerrit Kooijman, Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland († 2015)
• Livingston Delano Roosevelt, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States of America († 1962)
• Rina Heskamp, Wierden, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Patrick STEVENS, Welle
• Jill Lynn Rolph, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Jan Roevens, Lier, Antwerpen, Belgium († 2004)
• Bernardus Sebastianus Jongerius, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1986)
• Catherine
• Madeleine Kathleen Hulst, Amsterdam

• Anna Catharina Cremers (80), Geleen, 6160, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van Gils (66)
• Adriana Matthijsse (79), St.Laurens
• Abraham Veefkind (68), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus van der Pol (79), Amsterdam
• abraham de jong (53), den haag
• Aaltje de Boer (74), Enschede
• Adrianus van der FLIER (85), Leiden
• Antonia Verstraten (61)
• Anna Maria Hubertina Christina Schmitz (79), Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands

• 1960 » Duane Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 » Jenny Eclair, English comedian, actress and screenwriter
• 1960 » John Hemming, English businessman and politician
• 1961 » Brett Kenny, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1961 » Todd McFarlane, Canadian author, illustrator, and businessman, founded McFarlane Toys
• 1962 » Franck Fréon, French race car driver
• 1962 » Liliane Gaschet, French athlete
• 1963 » Jerome Flynn, English actor and singer
• 1963 » Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor and singer († 2002)
• 1964 » Patty Griffin, American singer-songwriter

• 1955 » Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1914)
• 1957 » Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Leon Cadore, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1961 » Chen Geng, Chinese general and politician (b. 1903)
• 1961 » Václav Talich, Czech violinist and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1963 » Laura Adams Armer, American author and photographer (b. 1874)
• 1965 » Alice Herz, German activist (b. 1882)
• 1967 » Thomas MacGreevy, Irish poet (b. 1893)
• 1968 » Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and translator (b. 1907)
• 1968 » Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian-American pianist and composer (b. 1895)

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.
• January 15 » Netherlands New Guinea Conflict: Indonesian Navy fast patrol boat RI Macan Tutul commanded by Commodore Yos Sudarso sunk in Arafura Sea by the Dutch Navy.
• February 10 » Roy Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition opened, and it included Look Mickey, which featured his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing, all of which he is now known for.
• July 23 » The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed.
• August 7 » Canadian-born American pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorize thalidomide.
• August 16 » Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.
• October 27 » An aircraft carrying Enrico Mattei, post-war Italian administrator, crashes in mysterious circumstances.

The temperature on March 16, 1962 was between -5.7 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.