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• Elizabeth L Strassel († 1964)
• Jacob Anthony Andreas, Yakima, Yakima, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Sjoerd Jelles Nauta, Warga, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2005)
• Antonius Petrus Schaerlaeckens, Breda († 1962)
• Ann Marie Rustemeyer, Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Willem Hendrik de Leeuw, Oegstgeest
• Cornelia Anna Maria van der Horst, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Huibert van Wijk († 2003)
• Pieter Geert Sijtsma, Readtsjerk, Dantumadiel, Friesland, Nederland († 1990)

• Annetje Valkenier (78), soest
• Bernardus Johannes Klieverik (80), Oldenzaal,Gemeente Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonio Carlos Fogaça de Almeida (19), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Annetje Valkenier (78), Soest
• Antonia Maria van Breugel (79), Oss
• Albertje Steffens (71), Meppel,, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna den Bekker (70), Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonius Hubertus Ilmer (81), Tilburg
• Anna Margaretha Tromp (60), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonio João Reinert (71), Joinvile, Santa Catarina, Brasil

• 1959 » Catherine Keener, American actress
• 1960 » Nicol Stephen, Baron Stephen, Scottish lawyer and politician, 2nd Deputy First Minister of Scotland
• 1961 » Craig Green, New Zealand rugby player
• 1961 » Helmi Johannes, Indonesian journalist and producer
• 1961 » Roger Crisp, English philosopher and academic
• 1962 » Steve Redgrave, English rower
• 1963 » Ana Fidelia Quirot, Cuban runner
• 1963 » Juan Ramón López Caro, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1963 » Míchel, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1964 » Hope Davis, American actress

• 1953 » Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1955 » Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian politician, 12th President of Brazil (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Franklin Pierce Adams, American journalist and author (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Said Nursî, Turkish theologian and scholar (b. 1878)
• 1961 » Albert Bloch, American painter and educator (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Jack Russell, English cricketer (b. 1887)
• 1963 » Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician and logician (b. 1887)
• 1964 » Peter Lorre, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1965 » Mae Murray, American actress, dancer, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1968 » Edwin O'Connor, American journalist and author (b. 1918)

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 2 » Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
• March 29 » Arturo Frondizi, the president of Argentina, is overthrown in a military coup by Argentina's armed forces, ending an 11​⁄₂ day constitutional crisis.
• October 9 » Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
• October 12 » The Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities; 46 dead and at least U.S. $230 million in damages.
• October 13 » The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Cat 3 hurricane, with winds above 150mph. 46 people die.
• October 27 » By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war.

The temperature on March 23, 1962 was between 0.7 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.