About the day » Monday April 30, 1962Calender converter

• Charles Theodorus Maria Heus, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Martine Blanchard
• Doodgeboren kind Trommelen, Dongen († 1962)
• Carlos Vincent Niehof, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland († 2019)
• Sara Wijngaard, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1962)
• Wilhelmina Catharina van Sterkenburg, Everdingen, Utrecht, Nederland († 2004)
• Frans Ciske Cornelis Steine, Rotterdam
• John Vincent Fontana († 2009)
• Brian F. Weyh († 2019)
• Peter HOLDEN, George Town, Tasmania, Australia († 1962)

• Catharina Nieuwdorp (68), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Antonia Lindeboom (80), Hoorn
• Albert Andries van Schie (64), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dirk Berger (94), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Antonia Lindeboom (80), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Christine Mary Wedeking (83)
• Albertus Andries Van Schie (63), Noordwijk
• Delbert L Gabbert (55)
• Cornelis SPRENKELS (77), Etten-Leur (N.Br. Nl)
• Cornelius Adrianus Elshout (45), Amsterdam

• 1960 » Geoffrey Cox, English lawyer and politician
• 1960 » Kerry Healey, American academic and politician, 70th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
• 1961 » Arnór Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer
• 1961 » Isiah Thomas, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1963 » Andrew Carwood, English tenor and conductor
• 1963 » Michael Waltrip, American race car driver and sportscaster
• 1964 » Abhishek Chatterjee, Indian actor
• 1964 » Ian Healy, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
• 1964 » Lorenzo Staelens, Belgian footballer and manager
• 1964 » Tony Fernandes, Malaysian-Indian businessman, co-founded Tune Group

• 1943 » Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1860)
• 1953 » Jacob Linzbach, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Alben W. Barkley, American lawyer and politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (b. 1877)
• 1970 » Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (b. 1934)
• 1970 » Jacques Presser, Dutch historian, writer and poet (b. 1899)
• 1972 » Gia Scala, English-American model and actress (b. 1934)
• 1973 » Václav Renč, Czech poet and playwright (b. 1911)
• 1974 » Agnes Moorehead, American actress (b. 1900)
• 1980 » Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican journalist and politician, 1st Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1898)

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 2 » In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état.
• May 31 » The West Indies Federation dissolves.
• July 22 » Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
• September 23 » The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City.
• October 14 » The Cuban Missile Crisis begins when an American reconnaissance aircraft takes photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles being installed in Cuba.
• November 21 » The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.

The temperature on April 30, 1962 was between 0.1 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (86%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.