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• Klomp, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2015)
• Rhonda Lue Ebanks, Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands († 2018)
• Wilhelmus Johannes van der Valk, 's Granhage († 2019)
• Carole Zoutman, Laren, Gelderland, Nederland († 2013)
• Johnny Waaijenberg, Ede († 2001)
• Mark James Alder, Ogden, Weber, Utah, V.S († 1964)
• Edward Earl Kellar Junior, Texas († 1962)
• Henk Majoor, Roeselare († 2018)
• Jerry Max Henry, Bloss Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States († 1986)
• Johnny Waaijenberg, Ede († 2001)

• Arie van TURNHOUT (88), Dordrecht
• Christiaan Gerritsen (56)
• Christina Westendorf (72), Bremer County, Iowa
• Bertha Mutsaers (75), Helvoirt,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Crecentio Valenzuela (73), Los Angeles
• Antje Sipkes Kloostra (68), Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Cameron Dale Geddes (44), San Gabrine, California
• Antonius Nicolaas Koreman (58), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis van Breugel (80), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aleida Pilon (71), Zuidlaren, NL-DR

• 1960 » Plamen Oresharski, Bulgarian economist and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• 1960 » Steve Wynn, American singer-songwriter
• 1961 » Christopher Atkins, American actor and businessman
• 1962 » Chuck Palahniuk, American novelist and journalist
• 1962 » David Foster Wallace, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 2008)
• 1963 » Greg Turner, New Zealand golfer
• 1963 » Ranking Roger, English singer-songwriter and musician († 2019)
• 1963 » William Baldwin, American actor
• 1964 » Mark Kelly, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
• 1964 » Scott Kelly, American captain, pilot, and astronaut

• 1945 » Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)
• 1946 » José Streel, Belgian journalist (b. 1911)
• 1958 » Duncan Edwards, English footballer (b. 1936)
• 1965 » Malcolm X, American minister and activist (b. 1925; assassinated)
• 1967 » Charles Beaumont, American author and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 1968 » Howard Florey, Australian pathologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
• 1972 » Bronislava Nijinska, Russian-American dancer and choreographer (b. 1891)
• 1972 » Eugène Tisserant, French cardinal (b. 1884)
• 1972 » Zhang Guohua, Chinese general and politician (b. 1914)
• 1974 » Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, co-founded Tim Hortons (b. 1930)

• 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.
• May 27 » The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine.
• 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 17 » Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
• July 23 » Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
• August 5 » Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
• 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.

The temperature on February 21, 1962 was between -0.5 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (83%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.