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• Astrid Henriëtte Meijer, Poortugaal, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1981)
• Henk van der Ben, Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1975)
• Dirk Bosman, Beveren, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1993)
• Ina Boeve, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Doodgeboren kind Verwater, Terheijden († 1962)
• Lee Alan Prins, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 1994)
• Ricky Allen Buss († 2004)
• Astrid Henriette Aggelen van, Poortugaal († 1981)
• Wolf, Rotterdam († 1962)
• Philip Kleykens, Sint-Truiden, België († 2019)

• Alphonse Berger (77)
• Arend LAZERON (70)
• Adriaan ROOSE (76), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alfred Théodore TRENSON (76), Anderlecht,1070,Bruxelles,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Aaltje Deuling (82), Haren, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Molendijk (82), dordrecht (zuid holland)
• Aart Mozes Van Den Berg (52), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Aleidus Albertus De Haan (54), Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antoon Visser (63), Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland
• Anthonie Abraham de Graaf (74), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1959 » Matthew Modine, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 » Lauri Vahtre, Estonian historian and politician
• 1960 » Tarmo Laht, Estonian architect
• 1961 » Simon Furman, British comic book writer
• 1963 » Deborah Bull, English ballerina
• 1963 » Martin Vizcarra, Peruvian engineer and politician, 67th President of Peru
• 1963 » Susan Ann Sulley, English pop singer (The Human League)
• 1964 » David Gillespie, Australian rugby league player
• 1966 » Pia Cayetano, Filipino lawyer and politician
• 1966 » Todd Ewen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2015)

• 1952 » D. S. Senanayake, 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Ivan Šubašić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Mike Todd, American film producer (b. 1909)
• 1960 » José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (b. 1904)
• 1966 » John Harlin, American mountaineer and pilot (b. 1935)
• 1971 » Johannes Villemson, Estonian-American runner (b. 1893)
• 1971 » Nella Walker, American actress and vaudevillian (b. 1886)
• 1974 » Orazio Satta Puliga, Italian automobile designer (b. 1910)
• 1974 » Peter Revson, American race car driver (b. 1939)
• 1976 » John Dwyer McLaughlin, American painter (b. 1898)

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 11 » An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.
• 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.
• July 9 » Starfish Prime tests the effects of a nuclear test at orbital altitudes.
• August 6 » Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
• September 15 » The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
• September 25 » The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.

The temperature on March 22, 1962 was between -1.8 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.