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• Mark Steven Cotter, Oneida, Verenigde Staten († 1993)
• MONICA PETRONELLA MOERMAN, VLAARDINGEN († 1963)
• Martje Sterenberg, Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland († 2011)
• Marianne van Rossum, Soest († 1963)
• Monica Petronella (kind 2) Moerman, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1963)
• Alfie Koerts († 2016)
• William Johann Wiechert, Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Hessen
• Lieseke van der Nagel, Woubrugge († 1969)
• Matthew Koch, fortasse, quodam loco, Verenigde Staten († 1963)

• Antje Gorter (80), Oostellingwerf Oosterwolde
• Albert Alphonse Vanwalleghem (77), Halluin, Frankrijk
• Antonia van Balen (89), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Cornelia Dirks Kuiper (67), Terband, Aengwirden, Friesland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Boelhouwers (50), Rotterdam
• Charles Galton DARWIN (75), Newnham Grange, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
• Adrianus Josephus van den Brandt (64), Breda
• Angenieta IJsseling (94)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Damen (80), Terheijden, Noord Brabant
• Bastiaan van Zwol (78), Rotterdam

• 1960 » Steve Bruce, English footballer and manager
• 1961 » Jeremy Heywood, English economist and civil servant († 2018)
• 1961 » Nina Li Chi, Hong Kong actress
• 1961 » Rick Aguilera, American baseball player and coach
• 1962 » Chris Hallam, English-Welsh swimmer and wheelchair racer († 2013)
• 1962 » Jennifer Higdon, American composer
• 1962 » Tyrone Corbin, American basketball player and coach
• 1963 » Scott Ian, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964 » Michael McDonald, American comedian, actor, and director
• 1964 » Winston Benjamin, Antiguan cricketer

• 1950 » Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri, Indian Muslim scholar (b. 1868)
• 1953 » Albert Plesman, Dutch businessman, founded KLM (b. 1889)
• 1964 » Ólafur Thors, Icelandic lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1892)
• 1964 » Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Henry Maitland Wilson, English field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1968 » George Lewis, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Cyril Scott, English composer, writer, and poet (b. 1879)
• 1972 » Henry Gerber, German-American activist, founded the Society for Human Rights (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and Marine (b. 1934)

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.
• January 15 » Netherlands New Guinea Conflict: Indonesian Navy fast patrol boat RI Macan Tutul commanded by Commodore Yos Sudarso sunk in Arafura Sea by the Dutch Navy.
• June 1 » Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel.
• July 12 » The Rolling Stones perform for the first time at London's Marquee Club.
• October 9 » A visible light-emitting diode (LED) is first demonstrated in Syracuse, New York.
• 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.
• December 8 » Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days.

The temperature on December 31, 1962 was between -4.8 °C and -2.5 °C and averaged -3.1 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.