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Born on Sunday February 25, 1962
- rosalia jacoba gerarda maria (roos) nouwen, helden-panningen
- Bernadette Maria Margaretha van Veldhoven († 2020)
- Danny Stercks, heist op den Berg († 2006)
- gary andy jacob (gary) bussemakers († 2020)
- Lawrence Larry Lee Kook Jr, Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States († 1962)
- Richard Elskamp († 1999)
- levenloos geboren kind († 1962)
- Rafael Henricus Johannes van Bossum, Bussum († 2016)
- Erik te SELLE († 2014)
- Matheus J M Peters, Afferden,, Limburg, Nederland († 1962)
Died on Sunday February 25, 1962
- Adrianus Rijsdijk (75), Oud en Nieuw Gastel
- Cornelis Verschuren (89), Hulst, ZL.NL
- Cora Lee Weaver (84), Conway, Faulkner County, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten
- Adriaan Ahlhart Gelpke (75), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Annie S Walker, Mountain View, Santa Clara, California, Verenigde Staten
- Dirk Jan Donker (64), Amsterdam
- Antje Juckers (61), Nijmegen (Gld.), Gelderland, Nederland
- Bernard Willem Jozef Wouterlood (54), Cuzorn, Frankrijk
- Daniel Kruidenier (69), Rotterdam
- Cornelia van Lakeveld (75), Voorburg
Born on February 25
- 1951 » Don Quarrie, Jamaican sprinter and coach; four Olympic medals and two world records
- 1952 » Joey Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle road racing champion; holds record for most wins (26) at the Isle of Man TT († 2000)
- 1953 » José María Aznar, Spanish politician; Prime Minister of Spain, 1996–2004
- 1957 » Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore politician; 5th Senior Minister of Singapore
- 1958 » Kurt Rambis, American basketball player and coach; four-time NBA Finals champion
- 1962 » Birgit Fischer, German kayaker; winner of eight Olympic gold medals
- 1963 » Paul O'Neill, American baseball player and sportscaster; five-time World Series champion
- 1967 » Ed Balls, British politician; Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
- 1968 » Oumou Sangaré, Grammy Award-winning Malian Wassoulou musician
- 1971 » Sean Astin, American actor, director and producer
Died on February 25
- 1950 » George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
- 1953 » Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (b. 1856)
- 1957 » Bugs Moran, American mob boss (b. 1893)
- 1957 » Mark Aldanov, Russian author and critic (b. 1888)
- 1963 » Melville J. Herskovits, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1895)
- 1964 » Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1887)
- 1964 » Grace Metalious, American author (b. 1924)
- 1970 » Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter and academic (b. 1903)
- 1971 » Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
- 1972 » Gottfried Fuchs, German-Canadian Olympic soccer player (b. 1889)
Names that were popular for boys in 1962
- Johannes
- Maria
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Peter
- Petrus
- Willem
- Hendrik
- Robert
- John
- Pieter
- Gerardus
- Antonius
- Adrianus
- Jacobus
- Johan
Names that were popular for girls in 1962
- Maria
- Johanna
- Elisabeth
- Cornelia
- Wilhelmina
- Anna
- Catharina
- Marie
- Petronella
- Adriana
- Ann
- Hendrika
- Yvonne
- Margaretha
- Jacoba
- Monique
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1962
- 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 2 » Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
- August 6 » Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
- September 20 » James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
- October 9 » A visible light-emitting diode (LED) is first demonstrated in Syracuse, New York.
- October 14 » The Cuban Missile Crisis begins when an American reconnaissance aircraft takes photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles being installed in Cuba.
- October 22 » Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation.
The weather on Sunday February 25, 1962
The average temperature on February 25, 1962 was -2.9 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI