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• Willem Dirk de Roode, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Rene Schoonderbeek, Dieren († 1980)
• Rene Schoonderbeek, Dieren († 1980)
• Christopher Ernest Hilts († 1998)
• Henriëtte Petra van Vuure, Amsterdam († 1962)
• Marc De Waele, Sint-Niklaas,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 2008)
• Marcia June Burghgraef († 2003)
• Carina Lambertina Ghislaine Styven, Bree, Provincie Limburg, België († 1962)
• Marcel Johannes Woudenberg, Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Hans Visser, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)

• Elizabeth van Loon (55), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dirk Krol (69), Willemsoord
• Anna Sybrens Reitsma (71), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Elisabeth van Loon (55), Dordrecht
• Clifford John Miller (47), Flandreau, Moody Co, SD
• Daniel Klazes KRUIT (40), Stadskanaal (Onstwedde) Groningen Netherlands
• Berta Chiela de Jong (74)
• Cornelis R. Sijtsema (64)
• Alfred Wassink (53), California
• Anna Sybrens Reitsma (71), Bolsward, Gem. Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland

• 1961 » Bruce Castor, American lawyer and politician
• 1961 » Mary Bono, American gymnast and politician
• 1962 » Andrea Horwath, Canadian politician
• 1962 » Debbie Googe, English bass player and songwriter
• 1962 » Gibby Mbasela, Zambian footballer († 2000)
• 1962 » Ian Dalziel, English footballer and manager
• 1962 » Jonathan Davies, Welsh rugby player and television host
• 1962 » Yves Bertucci, French footballer and manager
• 1963 » John Hendrie, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1963 » Mark Grant, American baseball player and sportscaster

• 1958 » G. E. Moore, English philosopher and academic (b. 1873)
• 1960 » Yevgeny Ostashev, the test pilot of rocket, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, Lenin prize winner, Candidate of Technical Sciences (b. 1924)
• 1964 » Toni Kinshofer, German mountaineer (b. 1931)
• 1965 » Hans Meerwein, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1966 » Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian (b. 1896)
• 1969 » Behçet Kemal Çağlar, Turkish poet and politician (b. 1908)
• 1970 » Richard Hofstadter, American historian and author (b. 1916)
• 1971 » Carl Ruggles, American composer (b. 1876)
• 1971 » Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1936)
• 1972 » Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1919)

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. Monique
12. Karin
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 19 » The Algerian War of Independence ends.
• May 31 » The West Indies Federation dissolves.
• August 5 » Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
• September 25 » The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency.
• September 25 » The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.
• October 27 » By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war.

The temperature on October 24, 1962 was between 7.9 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.