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• David AlanKlarenbeek, Sioux County, Iowa († 1962)
• Klaas Pasterkamp († 2023)
• Marjoleine de Schrijver, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jeanette Boers († 1999)
• David Alan Klarenbeek († 1962)
• Karin Everts, Maaseik, Provincie Limburg, België († 1991)
• Frank-Jean Oteman, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1984)
• Gerard Melse, Rotterdam († 1994)
• Nigel Reinhard Torlage, Durban, Natal, South Africa († 2017)
• Michel van der HAK, 's-Gravenhage (Z-H) († 1972)

• Aagje Glijnis (90), Alkmaar, Nederland
• Auke van der Tuuk (56), Emmen
• Abraham Beck (90), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Lauwers (85), Baarle-Nassau
• Angie Glijnis (90), Akersloot,Noord Holland, Netherlands
• Alida Catharina Rumping (73), Beverwijk
• Anna Maria SCHEEPERS (62), Eindhoven
• Anne Crawford (40), Layton, Davis, Utah, United States
• Berry Wilburn Morris (82), Midwest City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States of America
• Harm Stoker (72), Vlagtwedde

• 1961 » Jeff Tedford, American football player and coach
• 1961 » k.d. lang, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1962 » David Brock, American journalist and author
• 1962 » Derek Mountfield, English footballer and manager
• 1962 » Mireille Delunsch, French operatic soprano
• 1963 » Bobby Dall, American bass player
• 1963 » Borut Pahor, Slovenian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Slovenia
• 1963 » Craig Saavedra, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 » Jonas Gardell, Swedish author and screenwriter
• 1963 » Ron McGovney, American bass player

• 1958 » Jean Couzy, French mountaineer and engineer (b. 1923)
• 1959 » Michael Considine, Irish-Australian trade union leader and politician (b. 1885)
• 1960 » Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (b. 1896)
• 1961 » James Thurber, American humorist and cartoonist (b. 1894)
• 1961 » Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa I, Hakim of Bahrain (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Ngô Đình Diệm, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam (b. 1901)
• 1963 » Ngô Đình Nhu, Vietnamese activist, archivist, politician, and tactical strategist (b. 1910)
• 1966 » Mississippi John Hurt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1892)
• 1966 » Peter Debye, Dutch-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
• 1970 » Richard Cushing, American cardinal (b. 1895)

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.
• April 21 » The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
• July 1 » Independence of Rwanda and Burundi.
• 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 22 » Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
• 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.
• November 7 » Eleanor Roosevelt, wife and First Lady of the 32nd president of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, dies in her bed at her home in New York City.

The temperature on November 2, 1962 was between 2.5 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.