About the day » Sunday May 13, 1962Calender converter

• Mieneke Lievense, Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL († 1993)
• Wim Hage, Voorburg,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Jonny Nienhuis, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland († 1964)
• PETER JOHAN MOSTERT, FARMSUM (GEMEENTE DELFZIJL) († 1984)
• Franciscus Lambertus Marie Schaar, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Groen, Bellingham, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 1962)
• Rina van Meer († 2018)
• Marie-Jeanne Pergens, Maaseik, Provincie Limburg, België († 1962)
• Martin DOMEN († 1967)
• Cornelis Simon Jong, Bovenkarspel († 2006)

• Antheunis Dingemanse (88), Goes
• Catharine Wieske (79), Baarn
• Berendina Brinkers (94), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Eduard Brits (82), Boom, 2850, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Delia de Velder (62), Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa
• Antheunis Dingemanse (88), Goes, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Egbert Jurjens (41), Enschede
• Adriaan Huijsmans (84), Steenbergen
• Bert Kleinheerenbrink (0)
• Cornelia Romkes (81), Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, Nederland

• 1961 » Dennis Rodman, American basketball player, wrestler, and actor
• 1961 » Siobhan Fallon Hogan, American actress
• 1962 » Nick Hurd, English businessman and politician, Minister for Civil Society
• 1962 » Paul Burstow, English politician
• 1963 » Andrea Leadsom, English politician
• 1963 » Wally Masur, Australian tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1964 » Chris Maitland, English drummer
• 1964 » Stephen Colbert, American comedian and talk show host
• 1964 » Tom Verica, American actor, television director, and producer
• 1965 » José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountaineer († 2006)

• 1948 » Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (b. 1920)
• 1957 » Michael Fekete, Hungarian-Israeli mathematician and academic (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Gary Cooper, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1962 » Franz Kline, American painter and academic (b. 1910)
• 1962 » Henry Trendley Dean, American dentist (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Alois Hudal, Austrian-Italian bishop (b. 1885)
• 1972 » Dan Blocker, American actor (b. 1928)
• 1974 » Arthur J. Burks, American colonel and author (b. 1898)
• 1974 » Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican poet and diplomat (b. 1902)
• 1975 » Bob Wills, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1905)

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 5 » French President Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence.
• May 22 » Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board.
• July 23 » The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed.
• September 25 » The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency.
• October 27 » Major Rudolf Anderson of the United States Air Force becomes the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis when his U-2 reconnaissance airplane is shot down over Cuba by a Soviet-supplied surface-to-air missile.
• December 25 » The Soviet Union conducts its final above-ground nuclear weapon test, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

The temperature on May 13, 1962 was between 7.2 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.