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• NN. Hazelhoff Roelfzema, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1962)
• Gilbert Ray Bonnema, Gary, Lake County, Indiana († 2011)
• Jan Albertus van Maren, Tiel
• Kenneth Wayne Maxwell († 2005)
• Maarten Jacobus van der Heiden, Elim Hosptal (SA) († 1966)
• Anna Margaretha Schrik, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Jan Sier († 2018)
• Humphrey Lambertus Kosters, Tilburg († 1999)
• Jaap Jan Vorsteveld, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1984)
• NN Hazelhoff Roelfzema, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1962)

• Adrianus Johannes van der Kop (61), Amsterdam
• Adriana Maria LINDERS (78), Roosendaal &, Nispen,Gemeente Roosendaal,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Aaltje van der Ree (46), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aafje Janssen (76), Amsterdam
• Annechien Harms (71), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje Geerts Duursma (80), Oosterwolde
• Carlos Roberto Cunha Santos (17), Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brasil
• ALPHONSUS ROCHUS WILS (64), Wijnegem
• Albert Smit (2), Diever
• Anna de Bruin (83), Woerden, Utrecht, Netherlands

• 1960 » David Green, Nicaraguan-American baseball player
• 1960 » Glynis Nunn, Australian heptathlete and hurler
• 1961 » Frank Reich, American football player and coach
• 1962 » Gary Freeman, New Zealand rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1962 » Kevin Richardson, English footballer and manager
• 1962 » Nixon Kiprotich, Kenyan runner
• 1962 » Vinnie Dombroski, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1963 » Nigel Heslop, English rugby player
• 1963 » Sergey Bubka, Ukrainian pole vaulter
• 1964 » Scott Hastings, Scottish rugby player and sportscaster

• 1948 » Frank Benford, American physicist and engineer (b. 1883)
• 1954 » George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd (b. 1881)
• 1955 » József Galamb, Hungarian-American engineer (b. 1881)
• 1963 » Constance Davey, Australian psychologist (b. 1882)
• 1967 » Bert Lahr, American actor (b. 1895)
• 1969 » Fred Hampton, American Black Panthers activist (b. 1948)
• 1971 » Shunryū Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator, founded the San Francisco Zen Center (b. 1904)
• 1975 » Hannah Arendt, German-American historian, theorist, and academic (b. 1906)
• 1976 » Benjamin Britten, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Tommy Bolin, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1951)

• 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.
• February 7 » The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
• February 10 » Roy Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition opened, and it included Look Mickey, which featured his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing, all of which he is now known for.
• June 11 » Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
• June 14 » The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
• August 16 » Pete Best is discharged from The Beatles, to be replaced two days later by Ringo Starr.
• November 4 » The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

The temperature on December 4, 1962 was between -7.8 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged -2.8 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (89%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??.