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• Vincent Hugo van der Es, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ivonne Johanna Tempels Tempels, Boxtel († 1962)
• Petrus Johannes Arnoldus van den Elshout, Elst, Utrecht, Nederland
• Nilton Luiz Clasen, Ituporanga, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1995)
• Elsa Maria De Luna, Del Rio, texas († 1963)
• THOMAS MARK HENDRY, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States of America († 2021)
• Lanet van Dijk († 1969)
• Johannes van der Berg, Gersloot, Heerenveen (Frl) († 1965)
• Bongaerts († 1973)
• Johanne Hubertus van den Broek, Gemert

• ANTOON MOLENAAR (68), SCHIEDAM
• Cornelis Bindt (77), Zaandijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Denisius Aloïsius Baptist (80), Zonhoven
• Albertus Buijtendorp (71), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Verspagen (50), Antwerpen, Antwerpen (B)
• Anne Gertrude Bartlett (93), Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia
• Anna Maria Van Looy (71), Turnhout, België
• Albert Keizer (49), Haarlem, Nederland
• Albertus Reinier Veneman (69), Nieuwe Krim
• Antoon Molenaar (68), Schiedam

• 1959 » James Keelaghan, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1959 » Randy Wittman, American basketball player and coach
• 1959 » Toshio Masuda, Japanese composer
• 1960 » Landon Curt Noll, American computer scientist and mathematician
• 1962 » Daphne Zuniga, American actress
• 1962 » Erik Thorstvedt, Norwegian footballer and manager
• 1963 » Lauren Holly, American actress
• 1963 » Sheryl Underwood, American comedian, actress, and talk show host
• 1964 » Andrew Bridgen, English soldier and politician
• 1964 » Peter Coyne, Australian rugby league player

• 1952 » Billy Hughes, English-Australian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)
• 1957 » Ernst Gräfenberg, German-American physician and gynecologist (b. 1881)
• 1959 » Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban soldier (b. 1932)
• 1963 » Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist (b. 1882)
• 1969 » Constance Dowling, American model and actress (b. 1920)
• 1970 » Baby Huey, American singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
• 1973 » Sergio Tofano, Italian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Taha Hussein, Egyptian historian, author, and academic (b. 1889)
• 1975 » Georges Carpentier, French boxer and actor (b. 1894)

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.
• January 11 » An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.
• February 10 » Cold War: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
• June 2 » During the FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history.
• July 1 » Independence of Rwanda and Burundi.
• October 3 » Project Mercury: Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched from Cape Canaveral for a six-orbit flight.
• November 24 » Cold War: The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin.

The temperature on October 28, 1962 was between 5.5 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.