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• Johan Karel RAES, Menin-Menen,, France
• Levensloos Meisje Van Wijnen († 1962)
• Patrick Anna Nicolaas Bovens († 1977)
• johannes hubertus maria (hans) verhaegh, helden-panningen
• Silvia van Ee, Amersfoort († 1962)
• Amélie von Falkenhausen († 1981)
• Wesley James Huizenga, Whiteside County, Illinois († 1989)
• Margriet Jager, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland († 2001)
• Harrie Zonderop, Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2022)
• Jürgen Henricus Jacobus van NIELEN, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2007)

• Arie Bijsterveld (73), Pijnacker, Pijnacker-Nootdorp, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aart van Arkel (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Joannes Martinus Verhoof (79), Tilburg
• Aaltje Hogebrug (66), Putten
• Cornelius Joannes Martinus Verhoof (79), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aleida Sibilla Sara (84), 's-Gravenhage, den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Sluijs (59)
• Dwight Joseph Dowling (66)
• Elisabeth van der Haar (75), Hilversum
• Arnolda Hendrika Kusters (85), Lith

• 1960 » Carol Alt, American model and actress
• 1960 » Shirin M. Rai, Indian-English political scientist and academic
• 1961 » Jeremy Northam, English actor
• 1961 » Raymond E. Goldstein, American biophysicist and academic
• 1961 » Safra Catz, Israeli-American businesswoman
• 1962 » Pamela McGee, American basketball player and coach
• 1962 » Sylvie Daigle, Canadian speed skater
• 1963 » Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lankan cricketer and politician
• 1963 » Marco Greco, Brazilian race car driver
• 1963 » Nathalie Lambert, Canadian speed skater

• 1950 » Ernest John Moeran, English pianist and composer (b. 1894)
• 1954 » Fred Rose, American pianist, composer, and publisher (b. 1898)
• 1964 » Charilaos Vasilakos, Greek runner (b. 1877)
• 1964 » J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist (b. 1892)
• 1968 » Darío Moreno, Turkish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1921)
• 1968 » Nicolae Bretan, Romanian opera singer, composer, and conductor (b. 1887)
• 1973 » David Ben-Gurion, Israeli politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1886)
• 1975 » Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist (b. 1906)
• 1975 » Ernesto Maserati, Italian race car driver and engineer (b. 1898)
• 1975 » Nellie Fox, American baseball player and coach (b. 1927)

• 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 29 » Arturo Frondizi, the president of Argentina, is overthrown in a military coup by Argentina's armed forces, ending an 11​⁄₂ day constitutional crisis.
• May 24 » Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
• July 6 » The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.
• 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.
• November 4 » The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

The temperature on December 1, 1962 was between -3.4 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.