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• Petrus Theodorus van Gastel, Breda (NL) († 1982)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1962)
• Kimberly van Zoest, Willard, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1965)
• Wilma~Klaasd Bak, Broek op L'dijk († 1962)
• Wilma Bak, Broek op Langedijk († 1962)
• Steven Louis Leijgraaf, Haarlem Noord-Holland († 2009)
• Wiegertje de Vries († 1972)
• Forrest Neal Jr, Monroe County, Mississippi, United States of America († 2005)
• Jeffrey Neal APON, Witchita, Sedgwick, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Wilma Bak, Broek op Langedijk († 1962)

• Boele Velthuis (78), Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Ites van Til (81), Neerlandia (Whitecourt), AB, Canada
• Anje Katharina Berghuis (87), Uithuizermeeden
• Adda "Addie" Brower Conklin (92), Brownwood, Brown, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Wouterus van Gestel (87), Gilze en Rijen
• Arnolda Arnoldussen (86), Bloemendaal
• Antonia DE GRAAF (47), Rotterdam
• Anne Douwes HETTINGA (77), Blauwhuis, Nijlân, Wymbritseradiel, Súdwest-Fryslân, Fryslân, Nederland
• Antonia de Graaf (47), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Adrianus Josephus van Toer (73), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1958 » Stephen Clarke, English-French journalist and author
• 1959 » Alex Paterson, English keyboard player
• 1959 » Emeril Lagasse, American chef and author
• 1959 » Sarah, Duchess of York
• 1959 » Todd Solondz, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1961 » Vyacheslav Butusov, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1963 » Stanley Menzo, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1964 » Roberto Vittori, Italian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 1965 » Nasser El Sonbaty, German bodybuilder and trainer († 2013)
• 1966 » Jorge Campos, Mexican footballer and manager

• 1958 » Asaf Halet Çelebi, Turkish poet and author (b. 1907)
• 1958 » Elizabeth Alexander, British geologist, academic, and physicist (b. 1908)
• 1959 » Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1880)
• 1959 » Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian soldier and politician (b. 1909)
• 1960 » Clara Kimball Young, American actress and producer (b. 1890)
• 1961 » Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', Indian poet and author (b. 1896)
• 1963 » Horton Smith, American golfer and captain (b. 1908)
• 1964 » Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter (b. 1891)
• 1965 » Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician and academic (b. 1891)
• 1966 » Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1876)

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 9 » Starfish Prime tests the effects of a nuclear test at orbital altitudes.
• July 23 » The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed.
• September 6 » Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the second century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London.
• September 27 » Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
• October 14 » The Cuban Missile Crisis begins when an American reconnaissance aircraft takes photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles being installed in Cuba.
• December 11 » Arthur Lucas, convicted of murder, is the last person to be executed in Canada.

The temperature on October 15, 1962 was between 4.9 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.