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• MARIAN KARREMAN, ROTTERDAM († 2011)
• Eddy Henry Eliza Coenen († 1995)
• Albert Schenkel, Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands († 1963)
• Paul van der Weegh, Raalte († 1968)
• Freddy Custermans, Houthalen, België († 2020)
• Eddy Henry Eliza COENEN († 1995)
• 'n Levenloos geboren zoon van Versluis, Leiden († 1962)
• Izabel Castellain († 1986)
• Marinus Joannus Franciscus van Gool († 1967)
• Richard L. Vannett, Grant, Oceana, Michigan V.S († 1982)

• Albertus Pieter Smith (95), Beerta, Nederland
• Bouwina (Bo) Smallenbroek (71), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• 'n Levenloos geboren zoon van Versluis (0), Leiden
• Bastiaan Klein (81), Meerkerk
• Anna Clasina van Rijn (69), ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend van den Heuvel (49), Gouda
• Alida Jacoba Buijs (70), Amsterdam
• Adriana Anna Maria de Wit (82), Montfoort
• Catharinaa van Noort (87), Delft,-
• Cherry Archibald Weijnschenk (61), ‘s-Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland

• 1961 » Laura Flanders, British journalist
• 1961 » Ralf Dujmovits, German mountaineer
• 1962 » Fred Rutten, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1962 » José Cura, Argentinian tenor, conductor, and director
• 1962 » Nivek Ogre, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1962 » Pablo Morales, American swimmer and coach
• 1963 » Alberto Nisman, Argentinian lawyer († 2015)
• 1963 » Carrie Hamilton, American actress and playwright († 2002)
• 1963 » Doctor Dré, American television and radio host
• 1963 » Michael “Eddie the Eagle” Edwards, British Olympic ski jumper

• 1953 » William Sterling Parsons, American admiral (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Glenn L. Martin, American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Emil Fuchs, German-American lawyer and businessman (b. 1878)
• 1963 » Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1892)
• 1963 » Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer and educator (b. 1905)
• 1964 » V. Veerasingam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (b. 1892)
• 1965 » Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, neuroscientist, and academic Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1968 » Fred Clark, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1969 » Claude Dornier, German engineer and businessman, founded Dornier Flugzeugwerke (b. 1884)
• 1969 » Princess Alice of Battenberg (b. 1885)

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 2 » In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état.
• March 4 » A Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 crashes shortly after takeoff from Cameroon, killing 111 - the worst crash of a DC-7.
• 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 23 » Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.
• August 11 » Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.
• August 27 » The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.

The temperature on December 5, 1962 was between -9.0 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged -5.0 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The almost cloudless was.