About the day » Sunday April 15, 1962Calender converter

• Jacob(Jaap) de Groot, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Ingrid Hemke, Aartswoud († 2002)
• Jacob (Jaap) Engelsz de Groot, Velsen († 2011)
• Janine Wesselina Oeben, Assen, Nederland († 1962)
• Johannes Fortgens, Leeuwarden († 2002)
• Jacob de Groot, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Raf Aertsen, Hoogstraten (B) († 1998)
• Hendrik Nicolaas Schep († 1962)
• Bernadette Sengers († 2011)
• Albert Gerard Marie Derikx, Venray († 1962)

• Albert Diederik Verduijn Lunel (82), Den Haag, den Haag, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Peerenboom (82), Tegelen,Gemeente Venlo,Limburg,Nederland
• Arie Stegink (87)
• Anna Isabella Nathalia De Beer (60), Leeuwergem
• Anne Stallinga (59), Groningen
• Arie Stegink * (87)
• Anna Maria Hapers (84), Merksplas (België)
• Antonius Droomers (59), Eindhoven
• Albertus Koetsier (80), Zeist, Nederland
• Adolfine Cornelia van der Goes van Dirksland (88), 's Gravenhage

• 1960 » Pierre Aubry, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1960 » Susanne Bier, Danish director and screenwriter
• 1961 » Carol W. Greider, American molecular biologist
• 1961 » Dawn Wright, American geographer and oceanographer
• 1961 » Neil Carmichael, English academic and politician
• 1962 » Nawal El Moutawakel, Moroccan athlete and politician
• 1962 » Tom Kane, American voice actor
• 1963 » Alex Crawford, Nigerian-South African journalist
• 1963 » Manoj Prabhakar, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
• 1963 » Manzoor Elahi, Pakistani cricketer

• 1945 » Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (b. 1892)
• 1949 » Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (b. 1912)
• 1962 » Clara Blandick, American actress (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, Bengali politician, writer, journalist, first health minister of East Pakistan
• 1967 » Totò, Italian comedian (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Friedebert Tuglas, Estonian author and critic (b. 1886)
• 1971 » Gurgen Boryan, Armenian poet and playwright (b. 1915)

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.
• May 22 » Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board.
• July 1 » Independence of Rwanda and Burundi.
• July 23 » Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.
• September 12 » President Kennedy delivers his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University.
• 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 28 » Cuban Missile Crisis: Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.

The temperature on April 15, 1962 was between 2.9 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.