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• Maurice Michael Mollet, Oisterwijk († 2022)
• Nn Koning, Emmeloord, Noord-Oostpolder (Fld.) († 1962)
• Richard Paul Larsen, Orlando, Orange County, Florida, Verenigde Staten († 1986)
• Conchita Juanita Siedenburg, Leiden, Holanda
• Neeltje Alida (Linda) Bijman, Bussum († 2012)
• Nancy Gail Walker, Fort Wayne, Indiana (USA) († 2022)
• Johanna Theodora Maria (Annet) Russchenkamp, Hengelo († 2017)
• Maria Petronella VERMEER, Maassluis († 2003)
• de Vries († 1962)
• Charméne Barbara Guérin, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland

• Antonius Maria Adrianus Verhaar (67), Bergeijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bert Luther Willyard (75)
• Annigje Snijders (68), Dalen
• Antonas Stenis (=Stanis) (X) (66)
• Antje Binnes Kloosterman (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Jan BAATEN (83), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Maria Adrianus Verhaar (67), Bergeijk, Nederland
• Adriaan Jan Ba(e)ten (83), Roosendaal
• Adriana Martens (74), Tilburg
• Aaltje Douwes de Wind (75), Grouw, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1961 » Billy Duffy, English rock guitarist and songwriter
• 1961 » Bruce McCulloch, Canadian actor and comedian
• 1961 » Thomas Dooley, German-American soccer player and manager
• 1962 » Brett Gurewitz, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1962 » Emilio Estevez, American actor
• 1962 » Gregory H. Johnson, English-born American astronaut
• 1963 » Gavin Hood, South African actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 » Panagiotis Fasoulas, Greek basketball player and politician
• 1963 » Stefano Modena, Italian race car driver
• 1963 » Vanessa A. Williams, American actress and producer

• 1956 » Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1957 » Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1885)
• 1963 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1963 » Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor (b. 1875)
• 1966 » Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (b. 1896)
• 1967 » John Masefield, English poet and author (b. 1878)
• 1970 » Nelly Sachs, German poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Heinie Manush, American baseball player and coach (b. 1901)

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.
• February 8 » Charonne massacre. Nine trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police.
• 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.
• April 26 » NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
• May 24 » Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
• August 27 » The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
• December 8 » Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days.

The temperature on May 12, 1962 was between 7.6 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.