About the day » Tuesday May 1, 1962Calender converter

• Ton Hamels
• Anita Marién († 2009)
• Janny Schalk, unbekannt († 2001)
• Peter Boers († 2020)
• Jantje de Vries, Veenhoop († 1999)
• Heinrich Terborg († 1962)
• Álvaro Wollinger, Ituporanga, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1988)
• Hilbert Voulon, Heerenveen, 8440, Nederland († 2016)
• Jan Doeke Boertien, Hoogkerk, Groningen, Nederland († 1994)
• Yvonne Liesbeth Pattiselanno, Delfzijl († 2019)

• Albertus Wilhelmus Groenman (82), Den Haag
• Aaltje Buren (44)
• Albert Huisman (44)
• Charles Aimable PETEAUX (89), Vaux-Andigny,02110, Frankrijk
• Cornelia Broekman (88), Maasland
• Antje Geerds Heikens (76), Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
• Anna G de Buhr (76), Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa
• Carine Danneels (1), Gent
• Alida Helena Meinders (82), Den Haag
• Adrianus Cornelis Wijtman (78), Delft,-

• 1959 » Lawrence Seeff, South African cricketer and basket weaver
• 1959 » Yasmina Reza, French actress and playwright
• 1960 » Steve Cauthen, American jockey and sportscaster
• 1961 » Clint Malarchuk, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1961 » Marilyn Milian, American judge
• 1961 » Sultan Günal-Gezer, Dutch politician
• 1961 » Vasiliy Sidorenko, Russian hammer thrower
• 1962 » Maia Morgenstern, Romanian actress
• 1962 » Ted Sundquist, American football player, coach, and manager
• 1964 » Yvonne van Gennip, Dutch speed skater

• 1953 » Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1876)
• 1956 » LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Spike Jones, American singer and bandleader (b. 1911)
• 1968 » Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (b. 1886)
• 1968 » Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1895)
• 1970 » Yi Un, Korean prince (b. 1897)
• 1973 » Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1914)
• 1976 » T. R. M. Howard, American surgeon and activist (b. 1908)

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.
• February 20 » Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes.
• July 13 » In an unprecedented action, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismisses seven members of his Cabinet, marking the effective end of the National Liberals as a distinct force within British politics.
• August 6 » Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
• October 11 » The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
• October 27 » By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war.
• November 21 » The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.

The temperature on May 1, 1962 was between -2.7 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.