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• Annemiek Plomp, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Johanna Nelly (Hanny) VERLOOP, Alblasserdam († 2018)
• elisabeth gertruda petra carina (els) van zon, helden-beringe
• Lianne Broers († 1982)
• Petrus Adrianus Franciscus Maria van Rijn, Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1962)
• Doodgeboren kind Oprel, Delft († 1962)
• Michel Vanlangenaker († 1978)
• Marleen Grosveld, Haelen († 2003)
• Lubbertje Kramer, Den Helder († 1982)
• Olivier MERTENS († 1962)

• Chretien Niesthoven (65), Gemeente den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Adriana III Kwakernaak (66), Krimpen aan de Lek
• Alphonse Julien Dieudonne VERVOIR (72), Oreye, Province de Liege, Walloon Region, Belgie
• antonius thomas segeren (51), st.oedenrode
• Andries van Wijngaarden (81), Beverwijk
• Christiaan Johannes Klepke (67), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Dorscheidt (90), Kerkrade
• Aaltje ter Maten (91), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Clara Rubena BELLETTE (67), Roma, Queensland, Australia
• Allegonda Johanna van Haasteren (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1960 » Jane Eaglen, English soprano
• 1960 » Jonathan Agnew, English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1961 » Hildi Santo-Tomas, American interior decorator
• 1962 » Craig Adams, English bass player and songwriter
• 1962 » Kailasho Devi, Indian social worker and politician
• 1963 » A. Michael Baldwin, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 » Dale Hawerchuk, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1963 » Graham Norton, Irish actor and talk show host
• 1963 » Jack Del Rio, American football player and coach
• 1963 » Jane McDonald, English singer and broadcaster

• 1953 » Carol II of Romania (b. 1893)
• 1957 » E. Herbert Norman, Canadian historian and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1958 » Johnny Stompanato, American soldier and bodyguard (b. 1925)
• 1961 » Harald Riipalu, Estonian military commander (b. 1912)
• 1961 » Simion Stoilow, Romanian mathematician and academic (b. 1873)
• 1967 » Al Lewis, American songwriter (b. 1901)
• 1967 » Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1898)
• 1968 » Martin Luther King Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (assassinated)(b. 1929)
• 1972 » Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., American pastor and politician (b. 1908)
• 1972 » Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer and academic (b. 1902)

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.
• January 10 » Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, which became known as the Saturn V Moon rocket, which launched every Apollo Moon mission.
• January 26 » Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400km).
• March 4 » A Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 crashes shortly after takeoff from Cameroon, killing 111 - the worst crash of a DC-7.
• March 18 » The Évian Accords end the Algerian War of Independence, which had begun in 1954.
• July 23 » Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
• August 5 » Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.

The temperature on April 4, 1962 was between 4.9 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 8.9 mm of rain during 7.1 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (15%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.