About the day » Saturday March 24, 1962Calender converter

• Harrie Jager, Grijpskerk, NL-GR († 2023)
• Joseph Henrich († 1982)
• Cecil DeWaine Ogden [[KszPqFgmcWhthseTXBu]]3, Kilgore, Gregg County, Texas († 2000)
• Nn van Dijk, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1962)
• ZN VOS, Rillaar Vlaams Brabant * († 1962)
• Dirk (Bassie) Dreyer († 2002)
• Ellen Marjolein Boogaard, Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• johannes leonardus jacobus maria (hans) hermans, helden-panningen
• Klaas Schaap, Bunschoten († 1969)
• Laurence Glenn (Larry) DOORNBOS († 2015)

• Anthonia Leonarda Cornelia van der MEER (90), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna van ENSCHOT (86), Gilze en Rijen
• Albertina Mathilda Timmer (78), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Albertus Slappendel (73), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje De Jongste (81), Rotterdam
• Antoon Francis van Ginhoven (83), Baarle-Nassau
• Adriana Aleida van de Ven (73), Hillegom
• Adrianus Theodorus WEERDENBURG, van (81), Vinkeveen en Waverveen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna van Enschot (86), Gilze en Rijen
• Antonius Francis van Ginhoven (83), Baarle-Nassau, Gemeente Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Braba

• 1960 » Barry Horowitz, American wrestler
• 1960 » Jan Berglin, Swedish cartoonist
• 1961 » Dean Jones, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1961 » Yanis Varoufakis, Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
• 1962 » Angèle Dubeau, Canadian violinist
• 1962 » Irina Meszynski, German discus thrower
• 1962 » Star Jones, African-American lawyer, journalist, and talk show host
• 1963 » Raimond van der Gouw, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1963 » Torsten Voss, German decathlete and bobsledder
• 1963 » Vadym Tyshchenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager († 2015)

• 1948 » Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish painter and illustrator (b. 1885)
• 1950 » James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Lorna Hodgkinson, Australian educator and educational psychologist (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Mary of Teck (b. 1867)
• 1962 » Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer (b. 1884)
• 1962 » Jean Goldkette, French-American pianist and bandleader (b. 1899)
• 1968 » Alice Guy-Blaché, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1873)
• 1971 » Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect, designed the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel and Aarhus City Hall (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Arthur Metcalfe, Australian public servant (b. 1895)
• 1976 » Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English field marshal (b. 1887)

• 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 1 » Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.
• January 26 » Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400km).
• May 19 » A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday".
• July 2 » The first Walmart store, then known as Wal-Mart, opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
• September 23 » The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City.
• October 25 » Cuban Missile Crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows the United Nations Security Council reconnaissance photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba.

The temperature on March 24, 1962 was between -1.3 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.