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• Ilona Schulten, Ootmarsum, Overijssel, Nederland († 2017)
• John Henry Jørgensen, Sandnessjøen sykehus, Sandnessjøen, Alstahaug, Nordland, Norway († 2020)
• Aaltje van den Berg, Urk († 1983)
• Leon Jay de Groot, Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa († 2015)
• Johannes Petrus Maria van Beers, Oostelbeers, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1962)
• Daniel Jay van der Kamp
• Jacqueline de Jong, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Tjeerd van der Kooi, Hoensbroek († 2008)
• Caroline Antoinette Louise Maria Bernards, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Frankie Tijmstra, Makkum, Friesland, Nederland († 1965)

• Auke Annes de Boer (77), Leeuwarden
• Adriana Florina Groenewegen (89), Schiedam
• Antonia johanna van Der Pluijm (77), Zevenbergen, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Albertus Johannes Drost (59), Bergharen
• Adolph H. Wesemann (85)
• Aaltje Keizer * (47), Meppel
• Anna Marie Voots (76), Munstergeleen, Nederland
• Adriana van Westerveld (71), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Aldofina Maria Waaifoort (78), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Auke Annes de Boer (77), Wommels, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1960 » Nick Gibb, English accountant and politician
• 1961 » Andy Griffiths, Australian author
• 1962 » David De Roure, English computer scientist and academic
• 1963 » Malcolm Gladwell, Canadian journalist, essayist, and critic
• 1963 » Mubarak Ghanim, Emirati footballer
• 1963 » Sam Adams, American politician, 51st Mayor of Portland
• 1964 » Adam Curry, American-Dutch businessman and television host, co-founded mevio
• 1964 » Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2016)
• 1964 » Spike Feresten, American screenwriter and producer
• 1965 » Rachel Johnson, British journalist

• 1954 » Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)
• 1962 » E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright (b. 1907)
• 1967 » Francis Ouimet, American golfer and banker (b. 1893)
• 1969 » John Lester, American cricketer and soccer player (b. 1871)
• 1970 » Alan Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)
• 1970 » Vasil Gendov, Bulgarian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1970 » Vince Lombardi, American football player and coach (b. 1913)
• 1974 » Harry Partch, American composer and theorist (b. 1901)

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 20 » Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes.
• March 2 » In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état.
• May 22 » Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board.
• 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.
• October 9 » Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
• November 4 » The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

The temperature on September 3, 1962 was between 11.4 °C and 27.0 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.