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• Bart van Wely, Ede (GL) († 1991)
• Mark Gooris, Leuven (B), België († 1975)
• Jan Hendrik Marinus Doldersum († 2007)
• Daniel Mark Haerle, Reno,Nevada,Verenigde Staten († 2022)
• Jerry William Byerley, Lynwood, California, Verenigde Staten († 1999)
• Brenda Kay Stark, Elgin, Kane, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Mônica Fogaça de Almeida, Jundiaí, São Paulo, Brasil († 2009)
• Wilhelmina (Wilma) Hobers, Onstwedde
• Smits Schouten N.N., Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1962)
• helena hendrika petra gerarda (lenie) koopmans, helden-beringe

• Arend Peters (82)
• Benjamin Philip Sullivan (84), Lima, Allen County, Ohio
• Catharina Alida van der Spek (63), Den Haag
• Anna Kunst (84), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dina Bouter (64)
• Cornelis Rhee (86), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alexander Edwin Eberhardt (82), Utah, United States
• Alois Köhler (45), Rotterdam
• Anna Christina Verdellen (72), Meerlo
• anna christina verdellen (72), meerlo

• 1959 » Erwin Olaf, Dutch photographer
• 1959 » Lydia Lunch, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
• 1959 » Rineke Dijkstra, Dutch photographer
• 1960 » Kyle Petty, American race car driver and sportscaster
• 1960 » Olga Bondarenko, Russian runner
• 1960 » Tony Hadley, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1961 » Dez Cadena, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 » Mark Plaatjes, South African-American runner and coach
• 1963 » Anand Abhyankar, Indian actor († 2012)
• 1964 » Caroline Link, German director and screenwriter

• 1956 » Jean Hersholt, Danish-American actor and director (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Lyda Borelli, Italian actress (b. 1884)
• 1961 » George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1962 » Vita Sackville-West, English author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1967 » Benno Ohnesorg, German student and activist (b. 1940)
• 1968 » André Mathieu, Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1929)
• 1969 » Leo Gorcey, American actor (b. 1917)
• 1970 » Albert Lamorisse, French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 1970 » Bruce McLaren, New Zealand race car driver and engineer, founded the McLaren racing team (b. 1937)
• 1970 » Orhan Kemal, Turkish author (b. 1914)

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 3 » Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro.
• May 22 » Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board.
• July 8 » Ne Win besieges and dynamites the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement.
• September 6 » The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Fork nuclear readiness drill.
• October 16 » Cuban missile crisis begins: Kennedy is informed of photos taken on October 14 by a U-2 showing nuclear missiles (the crisis will last for 13 days starting from this point).
• November 17 » President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.

The temperature on June 2, 1962 was between 1.5 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.