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• Theodorus J.M Johannes Maria (Theo) Molenaar, Edam / Volendam († 2017)
• Peter Wilhelm Dumont, Bocholtz († 1973)
• Johannes Lambertus Adrianus Maria Robben, Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1962)
• Marion Borst, Lisse († 1962)
• Henricus Theodorus Maria Cardinaal, Maarheeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jantje Robben († 1962)
• Henri Hunnekens († 1963)
• Robert Logan BRUMBY, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia († 1990)
• Fredericus Albertus Wilkes, amsterdam, Nederland († 2018)
• Mary Elisabeth Buysse

• Alida Wilhelmina Fiegee (88), Rotterdam
• "Manfred" Wilhelm Heinrich Ahasverus Bernd von Lehndorff (79)
• Agatha Maria Wiesia Boosman (86), Haarlem, NH. NL
• Akke Brands van der Dam (89), Heerenveen
• Aukje van der Vegt (74), Opeinde
• Albertina Catharina Justina van den Heuvel (82), Utrecht
• Brandje Riensema (66)
• Carlton Cloud Kellar (81), Bakersfield, California, Verenigde Staten
• Bob Rijsdijk (0), Leidschendam
• Aukje Alberts van der Vegt (74), Opeinde

• 1960 » Robin Roberts, American sportscaster and journalist
• 1961 » Keith Ablow, American psychiatrist and author
• 1961 » Merv Hughes, Australian cricketer
• 1961 » Nicolas Bacri, French composer
• 1961 » Peter Stanford, English journalist and author
• 1962 » Lance King, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1962 » Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelan union leader and politician, President of Venezuela
• 1963 » Gwynne Shotwell, American businesswoman, President and Chief Operating Officer of SpaceX
• 1964 » Lorna Jane Clarkson, Australian fashion designer, entrepreneur, and author
• 1964 » Marilyn Kidd, Australian rower

• 1948 » Hack Wilson, American baseball player (b. 1900)
• 1958 » Johnston McCulley, American author and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1958 » Nikolaos Georgantas, Greek discus thrower (b. 1880)
• 1966 » Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish politician, 2nd President of Ireland (b. 1882)
• 1970 » Yusof bin Ishak, Singaporean journalist and politician, 1st President of Singapore (b. 1910)
• 1972 » Marie Wilson, American actress (b. 1916)
• 1973 » Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor, director, and producer (b. 1889)
• 1974 » Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 1974 » notable victims of the Massacre of the Sixty:
• 1976 » André Malraux, French theorist and author (b. 1901)

• 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.
• May 24 » Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
• July 10 » Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
• August 7 » Canadian-born American pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorize thalidomide.
• August 31 » Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
• September 8 » Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star.
• October 27 » Major Rudolf Anderson of the United States Air Force becomes the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis when his U-2 reconnaissance airplane is shot down over Cuba by a Soviet-supplied surface-to-air missile.

The temperature on November 23, 1962 was between -3.3 °C and -1.2 °C and averaged -2.3 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.