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• Boudwijn Castelein, Hooglede, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 2002)
• Ariën-Jan Kuijt, Putten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1990)
• Dilermando Fogaça, São Miguel Arcanjo, São Paulo, Brasil († 2001)
• Boudewyn Camilla CASTELEIN, Hooglede († 2002)
• Eric Biemans, Weert, Limburg, Nederland († 2020)
• Irene van Beelen, Leiden († 1962)
• Irene van Beelen, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1962)
• Maatje Johanna Walhout, Borssele, Zuid-Beveland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Yvonne Liduina Maria Marell, Treebeek, Limburg, Nederland († 2014)
• Ariën-Jan Kuijt, Putten († 1990)

• Antonetta van Kleef (84), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Baukje Krikke (77), Doniawerstal,, Friesland, Nederland
• Almina Uffe Meinders (78), Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho
• Adriaan Burger (90), Utrecht
• Anna Geertruida Blom (88), Sint Pancras
• Barend de Loor (61), Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
• Antoon Wijlaars (63), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Wilhelmina André de la Porte (78), Haarlem,Gemeente Haarlem,North Holland,Netherlands
• Arie Boer (96), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Warnar (0), Coevorden, Nederland

• 1960 » David Simon, American journalist, author, screenwriter, and television producer
• 1960 » Holly Johnson, English singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1960 » Peggy Whitson, American biochemist and astronaut
• 1961 » John Kruk, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1962 » Anik Bissonnette, Canadian ballerina
• 1963 » Brian Greene, American physicist
• 1963 » Peter Rowsthorn, Australian comedian and actor
• 1963 » Travis Tritt, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1964 » Debrah Miceli, Italian-American wrestler and manager
• 1964 » Dewi Morris, English rugby player

• 1950 » Ted Theodore, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Queensland (b. 1884)
• 1951 » Eddy Duchin, American pianist, bandleader, and actor (b. 1910)
• 1957 » Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and politician, Regent of Hungary (b. 1868)
• 1960 » Alexandre Benois, Russian painter and critic (b. 1870)
• 1960 » Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1965 » Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, Bangladeshi theologian and educator (b. 1874)
• 1966 » Sophie Tucker, Russian-born American singer (b. 1884)
• 1969 » George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor and singer (b. 1885)
• 1976 » Percy Faith, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1977 » Sergey Ilyushin, Russian engineer and businessman, founded the Ilyushin Design Company (b. 1894)

• 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.
• May 24 » Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
• July 6 » The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.
• August 22 » The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle.
• October 27 » An aircraft carrying Enrico Mattei, post-war Italian administrator, crashes in mysterious circumstances.
• December 2 » Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to comment adversely on the war's progress.

The temperature on February 9, 1962 was between -1.5 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.