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• Wolf, Rotterdam († 1962)
• Dirk Bosman, Beveren, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1993)
• Doodgeboren kind Verwater, Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1962)
• Henk van der Ben, Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1975)
• Philip Kleykens, Sint-Truiden, België († 2019)
• Lee Alan Prins, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 1994)
• Astrid Henriëtte Meijer, Poortugaal, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1981)
• Ina Boeve, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Ricky Allen Buss († 2004)
• Astrid Henriette Aggelen van, Poortugaal († 1981)

• Antoon Visser (63), Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Frantzen (82), Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Albert Muurling (71), Harlingen
• Adrianus MOLENDIJK (82), Dordrecht
• Abraham Dingenis Lindhout (79), Sint-Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriaan Vermeulen (26), Leiden
• Albert Jochums Muurling (71), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anthonie Abraham de Graaf (74), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Akke Augustine Kappenburg (82), Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van Loon (62), Tilburg

• 1959 » Matthew Modine, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 » Lauri Vahtre, Estonian historian and politician
• 1960 » Tarmo Laht, Estonian architect
• 1961 » Simon Furman, British comic book writer
• 1963 » Deborah Bull, English ballerina
• 1963 » Martin Vizcarra, Peruvian engineer and politician, 67th President of Peru
• 1963 » Susan Ann Sulley, English pop singer (The Human League)
• 1964 » David Gillespie, Australian rugby league player
• 1966 » Pia Cayetano, Filipino lawyer and politician
• 1966 » Todd Ewen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2015)

• 1952 » D. S. Senanayake, 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Ivan Šubašić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Mike Todd, American film producer (b. 1909)
• 1960 » José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (b. 1904)
• 1966 » John Harlin, American mountaineer and pilot (b. 1935)
• 1971 » Johannes Villemson, Estonian-American runner (b. 1893)
• 1971 » Nella Walker, American actress and vaudevillian (b. 1886)
• 1974 » Orazio Satta Puliga, Italian automobile designer (b. 1910)
• 1974 » Peter Revson, American race car driver (b. 1939)
• 1976 » John Dwyer McLaughlin, American painter (b. 1898)

• 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 16 » Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.
• March 2 » In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état.
• August 15 » James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok died in 2016.
• September 12 » President Kennedy delivers his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University.
• October 9 » A visible light-emitting diode (LED) is first demonstrated in Syracuse, New York.
• November 24 » Cold War: The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin.

The temperature on March 22, 1962 was between -1.8 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.