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• Marcus Jacobus Johannes de Brabander, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2014)
• Catharina Cornelia de Bruijne, Zaamslag Nederland († 1964)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1962)
• Levenloos kind van den Berg, Ameide († 1962)
• A.A. (Alie) Elzen, Musselkanaal Stadskanaal Groningen Nederland († 2003)
• Peter Duursma
• Dinnies Wilhelm Karl Alexander VON DER OSTEN, Bad Godesberg North Rhine-Westphalia Germany († 1989)
• Dinnies-Wilhelm Karl Alexander von der Osten [[Ch-Wikibio]] sss, Bad Godesberg, Germany († 1989)
• George Paul Duer Jr., Evergreen Park, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Rhonda Lyn van Houtan († 1962)

• Auguste Edouard POULIQUEN (64), Paris I eme, 75, Paris, Île-de-France, France
• Alida Cornelia Verdonk (83), Amsterdam
• Albertdina Dam (75)
• Albert Flonk (94), Ulrum, Groningen, Netherlands
• Bertha M Wood (81)
• Aaltje de Graaf (87), Bussum
• Anna Maria Kester (57), Delft
• Anna Maria Kester (57), St-Hippolytus-ziekenhuis, Delft (Z-H), Nederland
• Antje Gjaltema (79), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• aartje ANDEWEG (82), mijnsheerenland

• 1959 » Adam Boulton, English journalist
• 1959 » Ali Campbell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 » Brian Propp, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1959 » Martin Rowson, English author and illustrator
• 1960 » Darrell Green, American football player
• 1960 » Jock Hobbs, New Zealand rugby player († 2012)
• 1962 » Milo Đukanović, Montenegrin politician, 29th Prime Minister of Montenegro
• 1964 » Chris Farley, American comedian and actor († 1997)
• 1964 » Leland D. Melvin, American engineer and astronaut
• 1964 » Mark Price, American basketball player and coach

• 1956 » Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French lawyer and politician (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Owen Willans Richardson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
• 1961 » Laurence Owen, American figure skater (b. 1944)
• 1965 » Nat King Cole, American singer and pianist (b. 1919)
• 1966 » Camilo Torres Restrepo, Colombian priest and theologian (b. 1929)
• 1966 » Gerard Antoni Ciołek, Polish architect and historian (b. 1909)
• 1967 » Antonio Moreno, Spanish-American actor and director (b. 1887)
• 1970 » Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, Scottish air marshal (b. 1882)
• 1973 » Tim Holt, American actor (b. 1919)
• 1973 » Wally Cox, American actor (b. 1924)

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.
• March 19 » The Algerian War of Independence ends.
• June 11 » Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
• July 23 » Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.
• August 5 » Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
• October 8 » Der Spiegel publishes an article disclosing the sorry state of the Bundeswehr, and is soon accused of treason.
• October 14 » The Cuban Missile Crisis begins when an American reconnaissance aircraft takes photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles being installed in Cuba.

The temperature on February 15, 1962 was between -1.7 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.