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• Donald Kim Slumpff, Washington († 1995)
• Monique Alves, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil († 1994)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1962)
• Willem Leonard Arthur van 't Pad, Culemborg († 1982)
• Henriëtte Oldehinkel († 1962)
• Ronald Michael Bingel, Den Haag, Ned
• Jolanda Catharina Maria van Meer, Hoeven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)
• PETRONELLA MARIA MAAT, Pynacker, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Terry Diane Vandevender, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA († 1962)
• Douglas E. Arnold († 1993)

• Bernardus Johannes Ambergen (50), Coevorden
• Bastiaan van Rijn (75), Katwijk
• Bastiaan van Rijn (75), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adam Griekspoor (89), Noordwijkerhout
• Alida Sijke Nieuwenhuijzen (77), Loon op Zand
• Adrianus Vreugdenhil (121), Maasland
• * Petronella Maaike (Nel) Philipse (24), 's Hertogenbosch
• Akke Hoeksma (59), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Agatha Hoekstra (87), Workum
• Akke Jacobs Hoeksma (59), Leeuwarden (Friesland)

• 1960 » David Duchovny, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 » Brian Conley, English actor and singer
• 1961 » Walter Swinburn, English jockey and trainer († 2016)
• 1961 » Yelena Davydova, Russian gymnast
• 1962 » Alison Brown, American banjo player, songwriter, and producer
• 1963 » Marcus Roberts, American pianist and educator
• 1963 » Nick Gillespie, American journalist and author
• 1963 » Paul Dunn, Australian rugby league player
• 1964 » Ian Dench, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1964 » John Birmingham, English-Australian journalist and author

• 1953 » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1957 » Oliver Hardy, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Elizabeth Foreman Lewis, American author and educator (b. 1892)
• 1960 » Luis Ángel Firpo, Argentine boxer (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Ramon Vila Capdevila, last of the Spanish Maquis, holding out after the end of the Spanish Civil War (b.1908)
• 1968 » Giovanni Bracco, Italian race car driver (b. 1908)
• 1969 » Jean Bastien, French professional footballer (b. 1915)
• 1969 » Joseph Kosma, Hungarian-French composer (b. 1905)
• 1970 » Harold Haley, American lawyer and judge (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Jonathan P. Jackson, American bodyguard (b. 1953)

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 7 » The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
• July 17 » Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
• July 22 » Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
• July 30 » The Trans-Canada Highway, the longest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
• August 30 » Japan conducts a test of the NAMC YS-11, its first aircraft since World War II and its only successful commercial aircraft from before or after the war.
• September 6 » The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Fork nuclear readiness drill.

The temperature on August 7, 1962 was between 11.1 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 13.3 mm of rain during 8.3 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.