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• James Lee van Someren († 1986)
• Haye Wijma, Haskerdijken († 1980)
• Peter Cornelis Bullee, Beesd West Betuwe (GL) († 1988)
• José Blankenburgh, Goes ZLD († 2019)
• Sjaak Lamers, Niftrik († 2019)
• (Stillborn) BULTHUIS, Groningen Groningen Netherlands († 1962)
• Franciscus Christianus Jozef van Zeeland, Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1962)
• Andreas Karl Schröder, Hamburg, Deutschland († 2014)
• Jos Eurlings, Genk († 2017)
• johannes hendrikus joseph (john) janssen, helden-panningen

• Anna Maria Bujung (66), Braamt, Nederland
• Adelbert Aaron Hoard (74), Rama, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Bertha Marie Leon Felix Goigne (77), Brugge
• Adriana Johanna Christina van Noort (53), Rotterdam
• ANNA MARIA DE GROENE (65), STEKENE,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Adrianus Marinus Vaders (81), Zwollerkerspel
• Bertus Tite HUIZENGA (64), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Alberta Hendrika Johanna Jansen (78), Schaesberg
• Bauke Uiltjes Jans Venema (79), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Maria SPRONG (72), Haarlem

• 1959 » Chiaki Morosawa, Japanese anime screenwriter († 2016)
• 1959 » Laura Chinchilla, Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica
• 1960 » Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, French-Belgian author and playwright
• 1960 » Chris Barrie, British actor and comedian
• 1960 » José Maria Neves, Cape Verdeian politician, Prime Minister of Cape Verde
• 1961 » Byron Scott, American basketball player and coach
• 1962 » Jure Franko, Slovenian skier
• 1962 » Simon Bazalgette, English businessman
• 1963 » Jan Masiel, Polish politician
• 1964 » Karen Lumley, English politician

• 1953 » Jim Thorpe, American football player and coach (b. 1887)
• 1958 » W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1873)
• 1962 » Hugo Wast, Argentinian author and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1963 » Antonius Bouwens, Dutch target shooter (b. 1876)
• 1965 » Clemence Dane, English author and playwright (b. 1888)
• 1965 » Jack Hoxie, American actor (b. 1885)
• 1969 » Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and politician, 34th President of the United States (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Robert Hunter, American golfer (b. 1886)
• 1972 » Donie Bush, American baseball player, manager, and team owner (b. 1887)
• 1974 » Arthur Crudup, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1905)

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. Monique
12. Karin
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 16 » A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation disappears in the western Pacific Ocean, with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.
• June 3 » At Paris Orly Airport, Air France Flight 007 overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130.
• July 23 » Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
• October 27 » An aircraft carrying Enrico Mattei, post-war Italian administrator, crashes in mysterious circumstances.
• October 27 » By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war.
• November 17 » President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.

The temperature on March 28, 1962 was between 1.5 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (25%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.