About the day » Monday March 5, 1962Calender converter

• Kevin Dale Geerlings, Fremont, MI († 1962)
• Gayla Jean Bolkema († 1962)
• Hennie Geers, Fijnaart,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2001)
• Brian Wayne Geerlings, Fremont, MI († 1973)
• Inácio Schwartz, Antonio Carlos, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1962)
• Leny Jansen, Elst, Gelderland, Nederland († 2012)
• Anna Cornelia Geurts, Dodewaard (Gelderland) Nederland)
• Anonyme Echaquan, Amos, Québec, Canada († 1962)
• Geurt Evert Bakkenes, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 1996)
• David Thomas Wills, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi († 2001)

• Adrianus Johannes Juffermans (56), 's-Gravenhage
• Alfons Luypaert (48), Aalst
• Anne Cornelis Veth (82), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barendina Engelina Blom (85), amsterdam, Nederland
• Aaltje Vrieling (89), Groningen
• Aart Nicolaas Rietveld (72), woerden (utrecht)
• Arie van Schaik (74), WEESPERKARSPEL (Amsterdam), Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anje Oudman (76), Wagenborgen
• Albert Verhaaff (65), Maarssen (NL)
• Aartje Sofia Honders (72), Ochten

• 1958 » Andy Gibb, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor († 1988)
• 1958 » Bob Forward, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 » Volodymyr Bezsonov, Ukrainian footballer and manager
• 1959 » Vazgen Sargsyan, Armenian colonel and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Armenia († 1999)
• 1960 » Paul Drayson, Baron Drayson, English businessman and politician, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology
• 1963 » Joel Osteen, American pastor, author, and television host
• 1964 » Bertrand Cantat, French singer-songwriter
• 1964 » Gerald Vanenburg, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1965 » José Semedo, Portuguese footballer and coach
• 1966 » Oh Eun-sun, South Korean mountaineer

• 1955 » Antanas Merkys, Lithuanian lawyer and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Lithuania (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Cowboy Copas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1913)
• 1963 » Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)
• 1963 » Patsy Cline, American singer-songwriter (b. 1932)
• 1965 » Chen Cheng, Chinese general and politician, 27th Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1897)
• 1965 » Pepper Martin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1904)
• 1966 » Anna Akhmatova, Ukrainian-Russian poet, author, and translator (b. 1889)
• 1967 » Georges Vanier, Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (b. 1888)
• 1967 » Mischa Auer, Russian-American actor (b. 1905)
• 1967 » Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iranian political scientist and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1882)

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 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.
• 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 5 » The official independence of Algeria is proclaimed after an 8-year-long war with France.
• October 11 » The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
• 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.
• December 9 » The Petrified Forest National Park is established in Arizona.

The temperature on March 5, 1962 was between -1.3 and 1.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.