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• Annelies van der Zee, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1982)
• Hub Loete, Koningsbosch, Netherlands († 2001)
• Paulina Anna Maria Lohuis, Geesteren († 2004)
• Gerard Trip († 1966)
• Lorie Ann Cissell, Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States († 1964)
• Michelle Marie Joliat, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1985)
• Elizabeth Ann McCombs, Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Marieke Sonneveld, Zoetermeer († 1997)
• Caroline Eleonore van Stolberg-Wernigerode, Frankfurt aan de Main, Hessen († 2012)
• Taco Wilhelmus Coenders († 1998)

• Carolus Antonius Petit (91), Roosendaal
• Christina Schouten (87), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bart Nauta (74), Ludington, Mason, Michigan, United States
• Antje Bosma (70), Hilversum
• Anna Maria Crombeen (77), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cesar Smith (82), Puiflijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Christina Amelia Johanna Thaden (90), Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington
• Anna Maria Crombeen (77), Breda
• Christiaan Johannes Boers (54), Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfons Brockmans (80), Paal

• 1960 » Alan McGee, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1960 » Hubert Neuper, Austrian ski jumper
• 1960 » John Paxson, American basketball player and coach
• 1960 » Julian Armour, American-Canadian cellist and educator
• 1960 » Kenneth Hansen, Swedish race car driver
• 1961 » Julia Gillard, Welsh-Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Australia
• 1961 » Stephanie Miller, American comedian and radio host
• 1962 » Roger Bart, American actor
• 1963 » Dave Andreychuk, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1963 » Les Claypool, American bass player, singer, songwriter, and producer

• 1937 » Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková, Czech botanist and zoologist (b. 1877)
• 1951 » Thomas Cahill, American soccer player and coach (b. 1864)
• 1952 » John Cobb, English race car driver and pilot (b. 1899)
• 1967 » Carson McCullers, American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet (b. 1917)
• 1970 » Edward Everett Horton, American actor (b. 1886)
• 1973 » W. H. Auden, English-American poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1907)
• 1975 » Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager (b. 1890)
• 1981 » Bill Shankly, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1913)
• 1982 » Monty Stratton, American baseball player and coach (b. 1912)
• 1986 » Prince George Valdemar of Denmark (b. 1920)

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.
• March 2 » Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
• June 3 » At Paris Orly Airport, Air France Flight 007 overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130.
• 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.
• August 16 » Pete Best is discharged from The Beatles, to be replaced two days later by Ringo Starr.
• October 3 » Project Mercury: Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched from Cape Canaveral for a six-orbit flight.
• December 13 » NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.

The temperature on September 29, 1962 was between 8.9 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.