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• Maria Antonia Gerarda Clementina (Maria) Koene († 2016)
• Silvia van der Pels, Amsterdam († 1966)
• levenloos kind van Wilgenburg, Ermelo († 1962)
• Jeffrey Dan de Boer
• PETER KONING, DEN HELDER, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Lori Lynn McMahon, Saginaw County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Femmy Roelie Schonewille, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2006)
• Anne Lammers († 2008)
• Kirk Welte, Sioux City, Plymouth / Woodbury Co., IA († 2003)
• Ronald Wuijster, Maassluis

• Elizabeth Klein (78), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernard JANSSEN (82), Horst, Limburg, Nederland
• Elisabeth Timmer (65), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands
• Elisabeth Schuitema (92), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Helena Schnieders (84), Nieuw-Schoonebeek
• Coleta Verborgt (49), Geel (Zammel)
• Berend Elzo Kroeze (66), Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Elizabeth Schreuder (45), Broek in Waterland
• Archibald Christie (73), Bristol, Somerset, England, U.K
• Elisabeth Hubertina Metsemakers (85), Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland

• 1959 » George Coupland, Scottish scientist
• 1959 » Hildegard Körner, German runner
• 1959 » Jackie Fox, American bass player
• 1959 » Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Polish physicist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Poland
• 1960 » Kim Ki-duk, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 » Nalo Hopkinson, Jamaican-Canadian author and educator
• 1961 » Freddie Spencer, American motorcycle racer
• 1961 » Mike Keneally, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 » Mohammad Fouad, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1964 » Mark Coleman, American mixed martial artist and wrestler

• 1954 » James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1956 » Ramón Carrillo, Argentinian neurologist and physician (b. 1906)
• 1959 » Juhan Simm, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1885)
• 1961 » Earle Page, Australian soldier and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Moss Hart, American director and playwright (b. 1904)
• 1968 » John Steinbeck, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Roy O. Disney, American banker and businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (b. 1893)
• 1972 » Adolfo Orsi, Italian businessman (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1936)
• 1973 » Luis Carrero Blanco, Spanish admiral and politician, 69th President of the Government of Spain (b. 1904; assassinated)

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.
• June 3 » At Paris Orly Airport, Air France Flight 007 overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130.
• August 5 » Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
• August 16 » Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.
• September 20 » James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
• 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.
• October 22 » Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation.

The temperature on December 20, 1962 was between -2.6 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.