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• Michael Joseph Collins († 2008)
• Maria Christina Johanna Donners, Sittard, Sittard-Geleen († 1964)
• Harold Gertjan Vermeulen, Hoevelaken, Gelderland, Nederland († 2020)
• Anna Maria Margaretha Johanna Quint, Ingen
• Lodewijk Henri Jessen, Utrecht († 2017)
• Francisca (Paquita) Gomez Arnedo († 1990)
• Mirjam Poort, Oosterwolde († 1980)
• † van Viegen, Veenendaal
• Leslie Lynn Johnston, Wichita, KS († 2019)
• Erik Johan Leonard de Jong, Rotterdam († 2021)

• Cornelis Willem Slegt (56), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Johanna Maria Burgers (74), Velddriel
• Cornelia Schellekens (82), Oisterwijk
• Aniela Ciołek (47)
• Anna Catharina Heijligers, Bakel en Milheeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland Nederland
• Antonius Hendrikus Arends (62), Lanaye, Luik, België
• Catharina Johanna Maria Burgers (74), Velddriel
• Aartje van de Merwe (58), Rotterdam
• Adriana Bommelje (63), Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL
• Cornelia van Zoeren (72), Nijkerk, Friesland, Nederland

• 1961 » Bruce Matthews, American football player and coach
• 1961 » Daniel House, American bass player and producer
• 1961 » Rikki Rockett, American glam rock drummer
• 1961 » Ron Klain, American lawyer and politician, Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States
• 1961 » The Edge, British-Irish musician, singer and songwriter
• 1962 » Kool Moe Dee, American musician, singer and actor
• 1963 » Emi Shinohara, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1963 » Hur Jin-ho, South Korean director and screenwriter
• 1963 » Jon Turteltaub, American director and producer
• 1963 » Ron Karkovice, American baseball player and manager

• 1947 » Anton Denikin, Russian general (b. 1872)
• 1950 » Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman, founded Qantas (b. 1879)
• 1959 » Albert Namatjira, Australian painter (b. 1902)
• 1965 » Shirley Jackson, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1916)
• 1969 » Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Freddie Spencer Chapman, English lieutenant (b. 1907)
• 1973 » Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian and author (b. 1898)
• 1974 » Elisabeth Abegg, German anti-Nazi resistance fighter (b. 1882)
• 1975 » Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist (b. 1928)
• 1979 » Nicholas Monsarrat, English lieutenant and author (b. 1910)

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.
• August 7 » Canadian-born American pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorize thalidomide.
• September 30 » Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the National Farm Workers Association.
• October 12 » The Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities; 46 dead and at least U.S. $230 million in damages.
• 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).
• October 28 » Cuban Missile Crisis: Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.

The temperature on August 8, 1962 was between 9.9 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.