About the day » Friday May 11, 1962Calender converter

• Marianne Runhaar, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 2023)
• Edward Bastiaan Boef, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jesus Hernandez Hernandez, California († 1991)
• Marcel van Gasteren, Culemborg († 1967)
• Mathijs Johan Anne-Marie Nijssen, Soerendonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Patrick Daelemans, Bornem († 2009)
• Agatha Elisabeth Borst, Eenigenburg († 1967)
• Marcel van Gasteren, Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1967)
• Robert J. Zane, Camden, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1996)

• Beert Dekker (89), Nijkerk
• Adriana Belia Gerarda Zaalberg (77), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Ludovicus Nevelsteen (80), Oevel, 2260, België
• Cornelia van Rijn (71), Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Berendina Smid (86), Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anthonie Hoechart van der SLIKKE (71), Kloetinge, Zeeland, Nederland
• Bertie BOWSKILL (74), 16 Frensham Drive, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
• Anje van Hoorn (71), Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa
• Anna Maria - Maria Grönniger (82), Fehndorf, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Anthonie Hoechart van de Slikke (71), Kloetinge, Zeeland, NL

• 1954 » John Gregory, English footballer and manager
• 1955 » John DeStefano, Jr., American politician, 49th Mayor of New Haven
• 1957 » Mike Nesbitt, Northern Irish journalist and politician
• 1962 » Steve Bono, American football player
• 1964 » Bobby Witt, American baseball player
• 1964 » Floyd Youmans, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1967 » Alberto García Aspe, Mexican footballer and manager
• 1969 » Mitch Healey, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1969 » Simon Vroemen, Dutch runner
• 1970 » Harold Ford, Jr., American lawyer and politician

• 1938 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)
• 1955 » Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)
• 1960 » John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1874)
• 1963 » Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1967 » James E. Brewton, American painter (b. 1930)
• 1979 » Lester Flatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
• 1981 » Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Zenna Henderson, American writer (b. 1917)
• 1985 » Chester Gould, American cartoonist, created Dick Tracy (b. 1900)

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.
• February 7 » The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
• 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 1 » Independence of Rwanda and Burundi.
• July 23 » Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
• November 11 » Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.
• December 9 » The Petrified Forest National Park is established in Arizona.

The temperature on May 11, 1962 was between 7.1 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.