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• Adrianus Jacobus van Vorstenbosch, Dongen
• Susan Marie Kittrell Carroll Wilson [KB Ob] "Susie", Tennessee ac († 2006)
• Paul Christian Hudson († 1962)
• A.W.J.M. Broekhoven
• Jacqueline Cornella Dorst, van, Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1964)
• Doodgeboren kind Vogelsangs, Deurne († 1962)
• Marcus Pouwels († 2014)
• Michael Villiers LAWRENCE, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 1986)
• Anthon Oudwater, Baarn († 1999)
• Anne-Marie Curfs, Montmirail (F) († 1999)

• Clarence Maurice Stewart (73), St. James Parish, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten
• Annie Fairley (76), Auckland, New Zealand
• Dyonicius van der Tuijn (70), Rotterdam
• Constantia Nooyens (64), Rijkevorsel, Antwerpen, België
• Alida Moleman (84), Hilversum
• Dirk van Wijk (71), Schiedam
• Cornelius John Koopman (67), Albia-Iowa (USA)
• Christina Johanna Knieriem (38), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Johanna Knieriem (38), Dordrecht
• Cornelis Verschoor (69), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands

• 1961 » Chendo, Spanish footballer
• 1962 » Branko Crvenkovski, Macedonian engineer and politician, 3rd President of the Republic of Macedonia
• 1962 » Carlos Bernard, American actor and director
• 1962 » Chris Botti, American trumpet player and composer
• 1962 » Deborah Foreman, American actress and photographer
• 1962 » John Coleman, English footballer and manager
• 1962 » Mads Eriksen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
• 1963 » Hideki Fujisawa, Japanese composer
• 1963 » Raimond Aumann, German footballer
• 1963 » Satoshi Kon, Japanese animator and screenwriter († 2010)

• 1956 » Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer and painter (b. 1872)
• 1957 » Arie de Jong, Indonesian-Dutch linguist and physician (b. 1865)
• 1958 » Gordon Griffith, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
• 1960 » Inejiro Asanuma, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1898)
• 1964 » John Watkins, Canadian diplomat (b. 1902)
• 1965 » Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1967 » Ram Manohar Lohia, Indian activist and politician (b. 1910)
• 1969 » Julius Saaristo, Finnish javelin thrower and soldier (b. 1891)
• 1969 » Serge Poliakoff, Russian-French painter and academic (b. 1906)
• 1969 » Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater and actress (b. 1912)

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.
• July 5 » The official independence of Algeria is proclaimed after an 8-year-long war with France.
• July 6 » As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
• July 12 » The Rolling Stones perform for the first time at London's Marquee Club.
• 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.
• July 30 » The Trans-Canada Highway, the longest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
• October 14 » The Cuban Missile Crisis begins when an American reconnaissance aircraft takes photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles being installed in Cuba.

The temperature on October 12, 1962 was between 6.4 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (36%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.