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• Gerald William Gord, Bellvue, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1997)
• Doodgeboren kind Verbunt, Tilburg († 1962)
• Wilma Christiana Bosscha, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Nederland
• Constantijn Scheve, Nieuwveen († 1967)
• NN van der Meulen, Dokkum
• Susan Patricia Hiatt, Keokuk, Lee, IA († 1962)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Maria van Outheusden, Hoge en Lage Mierde († 1995)
• Mathilda Croonen († 2005)
• Donald William Lucas, Livonia, Wayne County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2019)
• Arwin Harlan Sneller, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2014)

• Clarence Henry Lawbaugh (62), Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Martins Siqueira (90), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Anna, Maria van Tichel (81), Schoten
• Adrianus Schipperen (86), Breda, Gemeente Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Nieuwenhuizen (76), Renkum (Gelderland)
• Albert Jan Grootemarsink (71), Ommen
• Fenna De Groot (66), Groningen
• Catharina Tupker (71), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Amos James William PARKIN (48)
• Adrianus van Merrienboer (76), Etten-Leur Noord-Brabant

• 1960 » Anne Clark, English singer-songwriter and poet
• 1961 » Alain Vigneault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1961 » David Quantick, English journalist and critic
• 1961 » Tim Roth, English actor and director
• 1961 » Tommy Rogers, American wrestler († 2015)
• 1962 » C.C. DeVille, American guitarist, songwriter, and actor
• 1962 » Danny Huston, Italian-American actor and director
• 1962 » Ian Astbury, English-Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1963 » David Yelland, English journalist and author
• 1963 » Pat Borders, American baseball player and coach

• 1954 » Heinz Guderian, Prussian-German general (b. 1888)
• 1956 » Joan Malleson, English physician (b. 1889)
• 1957 » Marie Vassilieff, Russian-French painter (b. 1884)
• 1959 » Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (b. 1862)
• 1959 » Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (b. 1897)
• 1960 » Lucrezia Bori, Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1887)
• 1962 » Florence Auer, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (b. 1882)
• 1969 » Enid Bennett, Australian-American actress (b. 1893)
• 1969 » Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (b. 1888)

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 » The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
• May 31 » The West Indies Federation dissolves.
• June 11 » Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
• July 2 » The first Walmart store, then known as Wal-Mart, opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
• November 11 » Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.
• November 21 » The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.

The temperature on May 14, 1962 was between 6.5 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.