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• Doodgeboren kind Wallach, Den Haag († 1962)
• Josephina Adriana Maria Verschuren, Tilburg († 1962)
• Ansje Leendertse, Vijfhuizen († 1967)
• Eric Jacob van Dongen, Rotterdam
• N.N. († 1962)
• Johannes Eibertus Kuijt, Utrecht
• Stephen Fredriksz, Hollandia(NNG), Irian Jaya, Indonesië († 2018)
• Eibertus Johannes Kuijt, Utrecht
• Antonia Cornelia Maria Manders, Boekel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2020)
• Frederikus Adrianus Zantvoort, Zandvoort († 2016)

• Augustinus Cannaerts (79), Herentals
• Bote Andringa (79), Rotterdam
• Bote Tjebbes Andringa (79), Rotterdam
• Annie Susan Watson (65)
• Anna Maria Adelheid Körting (68), Hesepertwist, Twist
• Auke Jilles Pultrum (76), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Peternella Faber (77), Amsterdam
• Anna Josephina Sillen (62), Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland
• Albertus Maria FRIELING (71)
• Anna Maria Adelheid Körting (67), Hesepertwist

• 1960 » Pierre Littbarski, German footballer and manager
• 1960 » Rafael Benítez, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1960 » Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician († 2007)
• 1961 » Jarbom Gamlin, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh († 2014)
• 1961 » Linda Ruth Williams, British film studies academic
• 1962 » Anna Dello Russo, Italian journalist
• 1962 » Douglas Elmendorf, American economist and politician
• 1962 » Ian MacKaye, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1963 » Jimmy Osmond, American singer
• 1963 » Saleem Malik, Pakistani cricketer

• 1955 » David Kirkwood, Scottish engineer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1958 » Rosalind Franklin, English biophysicist and academic (b. 1920)
• 1960 » Mihály Fekete, Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director (b. 1884)
• 1961 » Carl Hovland, American psychologist and academic (b. 1912)
• 1965 » Francis Balfour, English soldier and colonial administrator (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Sydney Chaplin, English actor, comedian, brother of Charlie Chaplin (b. 1885)
• 1966 » Eric Lambert, Australian author (b. 1918)
• 1968 » Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1885)
• 1968 » Fay Bainter, American actress (b. 1893)
• 1969 » Hem Vejakorn, Thai illustrator and painter (b. 1904)

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.
• July 8 » Ne Win besieges and dynamites the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement.
• July 11 » First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
• August 15 » James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok died in 2016.
• September 15 » The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
• September 25 » The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.
• October 13 » The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Cat 3 hurricane, with winds above 150mph. 46 people die.

The temperature on April 16, 1962 was between 4.9 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 9.5 mm of rain during 9.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.