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• Johanna Magdalena Valstar, Delft († 2010)
• Dean William te Brake, Pope, MN
• Herman Dorgelo († 2000)
• Anthony Benson († 1988)
• T J Fleur († 1998)
• Christiane Maria Carola Maerevoet, Bornem († 2005)
• Astrid Lydia Theresia Snijders, Den Haag,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Karla Van Dessel, Heist op den Berg
• Yvonne van Weerdenburg, Amsterdam († 2017)
• Heijdy BOKHOVEN

• Aldegonda Theodora Hornman (79), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hustin (81), Simpelveld, Limburg, Nederland
• Hendrik Krast Folkerts (70), Amersfoort
• Alida Adriana Lugtigheid (63), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Catarina Johannes Agricola (76), Oudewater
• Bastiaan MONSTER (68), Rotterdam
• Arnoldus Adrianus Henricus Bertens (77), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Auke Wijma (73), Franeker (Frjentsjer), Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Buijs (73), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Monster (68), Rotterdam

• 1959 » A. J. Pero, American drummer († 2015)
• 1960 » Steve Cram, English runner and coach
• 1960 » Zbigniew Kruszyński, Polish footballer and coach
• 1961 » Isaac Mizrahi, American fashion designer
• 1962 » Chris Thomas King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
• 1962 » Jaan Ehlvest, Estonian chess player
• 1962 » Trevor Goddard, English-American actor († 2003)
• 1963 » Lori Petty, American actress
• 1964 » Joe Girardi, American baseball player and manager
• 1965 » Steve Coogan, English actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter

• 1958 » Douglas Mawson, Australian geologist, academic, and explorer (b. 1882)
• 1959 » Errol Flynn, Australian-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1909)
• 1959 » Jack Davey, New Zealand-Australian singer and radio host (b. 1907)
• 1960 » Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Harriet Shaw Weaver, English journalist and activist (b. 1876)
• 1961 » Paul Ramadier, French politician, 129th Prime Minister of France (b. 1888)
• 1965 » Randall Jarrell, American poet and author (b. 1914)
• 1965 » William Hogenson, American sprinter (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Marcel Aymé, French author and playwright (b. 1902)
• 1969 » Haguroyama Masaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna (b. 1914)

• 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 » In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état.
• March 16 » A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation disappears in the western Pacific Ocean, with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.
• June 11 » Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
• July 6 » The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.
• August 15 » James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok died in 2016.
• 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 14, 1962 was between 3.2 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.