About the day » Thursday January 11, 1962Calender converter

• Luc BEX, Hasselt (B) († 2018)
• Alexandre Mulloy († 1998)
• Cornelis Hubrecht Heijboer, Oud-Vossemeer († 2013)
• Maria Petronella Verwaters († 2017)
• Johannes Bernardus Maria Koekkoek († 2017)
• Donna Louise PERKINS († 1962)
• Frank George Fleiger, Nova Scotia, Canada († 2017)
• marianne antonia gertruda (marianne) metsemakers, helden-dorp
• Hubertus Bergwerf († 2010)
• hendrika (riekie) evers, helden-grashoek

• Daniel Minnema (64)
• Cornelia Geertruida Hooglugt (64), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Lievense (89), Westkapelle
• Christina Maria de Wit (91), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Arie van Rij (88), Brielle
• Alby G. Blank (72), 409 E.Pearl St., Wapakoneta, Auglaize Co., Ohio
• Agnes Prepster (71), Sheboygan (US)
• Clemence Eliza Little (73)
• Alice Della Guin (73), Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Jongenelen (71), Oudenbosch

• 1959 » Brett Bodine, American NASCAR driver
• 1959 » Rob Ramage, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1961 » Lars-Erik Torph, Swedish racing driver († 1989)
• 1962 » Brian Moore, English rugby player
• 1962 » Chris Bryant, Welsh politician, Minister of State for Europe
• 1962 » Susan Lindauer, American journalist and activist
• 1963 » Petra Schneider, German swimmer
• 1963 » Tracy Caulkins, American-Australian swimmer
• 1964 » Albert Dupontel, French actor and director
• 1964 » Ralph Recto, Filipino lawyer and politician

• 1957 » Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and politician, Solicitor-General of Australia (b. 1867)
• 1958 » Alec Rowley, English organist and composer (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Edna Purviance, American actress (b. 1895)
• 1961 » Elena Gerhardt, German soprano and actress (b. 1883)
• 1963 » Arthur Nock, English-American scholar, theologian, and academic (b. 1902)
• 1965 » Wally Pipp, American baseball player (b. 1893)
• 1966 » Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter (b. 1901)
• 1966 » Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India (b. 1904)
• 1968 » Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli linguist and scholar (b. 1876)
• 1969 » Richmal Crompton, English author and educator (b. 1890)

• 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.
• June 14 » The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
• July 5 » The official independence of Algeria is proclaimed after an 8-year-long war with France.
• August 16 » Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.
• August 16 » Pete Best is discharged from The Beatles, to be replaced two days later by Ringo Starr.
• September 30 » James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying racial segregation rules.
• 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 January 11, 1962 was between 5.1 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 7.6 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.