About the day » Monday December 3, 1962Calender converter

• Timothy Scott Eilders († 1988)
• Stephan Carlos Verlae, Roeselare († 2020)
• Peter Siemons, De Moer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2009)
• Siard Johan de Jong, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abeltje Provoost
• Gerard Kok († 2018)
• Siard de Jong, Zeist
• Eddy Hintjes, Brunssum († 1992)
• Maria Cornelia Dalebout, Brouwershaven († 2005)
• Kenneth Laverne Kugel, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2017)

• Adrianus Willem Hendrik Andriessen (78), Arnhem
• Adrianus Antonius van der Veeken (43), Breda
• Cornelia Gerritje den Oudsten (72), Gouda
• Antonius Hoedemaker (90), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Charles Louis Peters (88), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alexander James Loupe (69)
• Anna Maria Oostrom (74), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Jansen (72), Enschede
• Antonius Hoedemaker (90), Deventer,Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alida Maria Voogd (80), Den Haag

• 1959 » Eamonn Holmes, Irish journalist and game show host
• 1960 » Daryl Hannah, American actress and producer
• 1960 » Igor Larionov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1960 » Julianne Moore, American actress and author
• 1960 » Mike Ramsey, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1962 » Nataliya Grygoryeva, Ukrainian hurdler
• 1962 » Richard Bacon, English banker, journalist, and politician
• 1963 » Joe Lally, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1963 » Terri Schiavo, American medical patient († 2005)
• 1964 » Darryl Hamilton, American baseball player and sportscaster († 2015)

• 1949 » Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and educator (b. 1876)
• 1952 » Rudolf Margolius, Czech lawyer and politician (b. 1913)
• 1956 » Alexander Rodchenko, Russian sculptor, photographer, and graphic designer (b. 1891)
• 1956 » Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1908)
• 1967 » Harry Wismer, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1913)
• 1972 » William Manuel Johnson, American bassist (b. 1872)
• 1973 » Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, President of Mexico, 1952-1958 (b. 1889)
• 1973 » Emile Christian, American trombonist, cornet player, and composer (b. 1895)
• 1979 » Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player and coach (b. 1905)
• 1980 » Oswald Mosley, English lieutenant, fascist, and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1896)

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 18 » The Évian Accords end the Algerian War of Independence, which had begun in 1954.
• April 26 » NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
• August 5 » Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
• August 16 » Pete Best is discharged from The Beatles, to be replaced two days later by Ringo Starr.
• September 23 » The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City.
• October 13 » The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Cat 3 hurricane, with winds above 150mph. 46 people die.

The temperature on December 3, 1962 was between -4.5 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (89%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.