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• Doodgeboren dochter Post, Urk († 1962)
• Mervyrn Craig Anderson, Melbourne, Victoria,Australia († 2010)
• Douglas Scott Koch, Akron, Plymouth, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1982)
• N.n. van Belzen, Arnemuiden († 1962)
• N.n. Post, Kampen († 1962)
• Erna CALUWAERTS, Dendermonde, 9200, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgïe
• Frans Zoontjes († 2014)
• Post, Urk
• Ellie Louws († 2012)
• Karin Elisabeth Harriet Franke, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 2003)

• Anna Elisabeth Douma (59), Idaarderadeel
• Anna Bell Livingston (85), Sioux City, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Annegien Bastiaans (80), Norg
• Aleida H. van Vessem (40), Bennebroek (Bloemendaal), Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina van Ommen (75), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus SLAGTER (78)
• Anthonie Gerardus Sliedrecht (75), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands
• Bentley Douglas Ward (77), Pawleys Island, Georgetown, South Carolina
• Albertus HARSEMA (79), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Christiaan Engelbart van Lonkhuizen (76), Elst

• 1959 » Gerina Dunwich, American astrologer, historian, and author
• 1960 » Donald Nally, American conductor and academic
• 1960 » Maryam d'Abo, English actress
• 1960 » Terry Price, Australian golfer
• 1961 » Guido Westerwelle, German lawyer and politician, 15th Vice-Chancellor of Germany († 2016)
• 1962 » Bill Self, American basketball player and coach
• 1962 » John Kampfner, Singaporean journalist and author
• 1962 » Mark Few, American basketball player and coach
• 1962 » Sherri Steinhauer, American golfer
• 1963 » Gaspar Noé, Argentinian-French director and screenwriter

• 1950 » Max Beckmann, German-American painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian priest, author, and educator (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Şükrü Saracoğlu, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Julian Tuwim, Polish poet and author (b. 1894)
• 1955 » Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1881)
• 1956 » Lambert McKenna, Irish priest and lexicographer (b. 1870)
• 1958 » Harry Warner, Polish-American film producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Edgar Ende, German painter (b. 1901)
• 1972 » Lester B. Pearson, Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Vladimir Fock, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1898)

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.
• July 6 » As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
• August 15 » James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok died in 2016.
• August 30 » Japan conducts a test of the NAMC YS-11, its first aircraft since World War II and its only successful commercial aircraft from before or after the war.
• September 13 » An appeals court orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, the first African-American student admitted to the segregated university.
• 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 December 27, 1962 was between -3.7 °C and -2.5 °C and averaged -2.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.