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• Johan Van Geertruy, Gent († 2016)
• Jan Meulenbelt († 1962)
• Miranda Emons, Curaqao, Curacao, Nederlandse Antillen († 2021)
• Thea Moleman, Rossum († 2001)
• Dirk Jan VERMEER, Garderbroek, gem. Barneveld († 1991)
• NN Stuiver, Beilen († 1962)
• Jolanda Kronmöller, Apeldoorn († 2012)
• johanna henrica petronella (jacqueline) van ophoven, helden-grashoek
• Pieternella Margaretha RIJERKERK, Ossendrecht († 2019)
• Quinten Martijn Plaat († 2015)

• Antje Andries Wagenaar (72), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Catharina Theodora Douma (57), TerApel
• Bonne ZUIDEMA (80), Grootegast Groningen Netherlands
• Alouisius van Acker (84), Hulst, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anthonia Johanna (2) Ruijs (83), 's Gravenhage
• Annigje Schep (72), Lopik
• Cornelis Peetoom (85), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bonne Zuidema (80), Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Alexander Charley Wallace (68), Victoria Park, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• Camille Edmond BILLION (59), Epernay, 51 Marne, Grand Est, France

• 1959 » Jacek Kazimierski, Polish footballer
• 1959 » Jonathan Franzen, American novelist and essayist
• 1960 » Sean Penn, American actor, director, and political activist
• 1960 » Stephan Eicher, Swiss singer-songwriter
• 1962 » Dan Dakich, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1962 » Gilby Clarke, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1963 » Jon Gruden, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1964 » Colin James, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1964 » Dave Penney, English footballer and manager
• 1964 » Maria McKee, American singer-songwriter

• 1949 » Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1958 » Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (b. 1878)
• 1966 » Ken Miles, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)
• 1969 » Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Rattana Pestonji, Thai director and producer (b. 1908)
• 1971 » Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna (b. 1914)
• 1971 » Wilhelm List, German field marshal (b. 1880)
• 1973 » Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (b. 1889)
• 1973 » Jean Barraqué, French pianist and composer (b. 1928)
• 1973 » Paul Williams, American singer and choreographer (b. 1939)

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 27 » Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bomb the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President Ngô Đình Diệm.
• July 13 » In an unprecedented action, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismisses seven members of his Cabinet, marking the effective end of the National Liberals as a distinct force within British politics.
• August 15 » James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok died in 2016.
• August 17 » Peter Fechter is shot and bleeds to death while trying to cross the new Berlin Wall.
• 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 20 » China launches simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line, igniting the Sino-Indian War.

The temperature on August 17, 1962 was between 11.0 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.