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• Marie-Jeanne Pergens, Maaseik, Provincie Limburg, België († 1962)
• Franciscus Lambertus Marie Schaar, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Mieneke Lievense, Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL († 1993)
• PETER JOHAN MOSTERT, FARMSUM (GEMEENTE DELFZIJL) († 1984)
• Groen, Bellingham, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 1962)
• Cornelis Simon Jong, Bovenkarspel († 2006)
• Jonny Nienhuis, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland († 1964)
• Rina van Meer († 2018)
• Wim Hage, Voorburg,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Martin DOMEN († 1967)

• Aaltje Blaauw (46), Doornspijk, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes BREDIUS (66), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dirk VERMEER (62), Delft
• Antheunis Dingemanse (88), Goes
• Cornelia Romkes (81), de Noordoostelijke Polder
• Aart Brand (77), Leersum, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Adriaan Huijsmans (84), Steenbergen
• Cornelia Romkes (81)
• Catharina Verhoog (94), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Kulk (83), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1961 » Dennis Rodman, American basketball player, wrestler, and actor
• 1961 » Siobhan Fallon Hogan, American actress
• 1962 » Nick Hurd, English businessman and politician, Minister for Civil Society
• 1962 » Paul Burstow, English politician
• 1963 » Andrea Leadsom, English politician
• 1963 » Wally Masur, Australian tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1964 » Chris Maitland, English drummer
• 1964 » Stephen Colbert, American comedian and talk show host
• 1964 » Tom Verica, American actor, television director, and producer
• 1965 » José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountaineer († 2006)

• 1948 » Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (b. 1920)
• 1957 » Michael Fekete, Hungarian-Israeli mathematician and academic (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Gary Cooper, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1962 » Franz Kline, American painter and academic (b. 1910)
• 1962 » Henry Trendley Dean, American dentist (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Alois Hudal, Austrian-Italian bishop (b. 1885)
• 1972 » Dan Blocker, American actor (b. 1928)
• 1974 » Arthur J. Burks, American colonel and author (b. 1898)
• 1974 » Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican poet and diplomat (b. 1902)
• 1975 » Bob Wills, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1905)

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.
• March 4 » A Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 crashes shortly after takeoff from Cameroon, killing 111 - the worst crash of a DC-7.
• March 16 » A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation disappears in the western Pacific Ocean, with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.
• July 17 » Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
• November 7 » Eleanor Roosevelt, wife and First Lady of the 32nd president of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, dies in her bed at her home in New York City.
• December 2 » Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to comment adversely on the war's progress.
• December 25 » The Soviet Union conducts its final above-ground nuclear weapon test, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

The temperature on May 13, 1962 was between 7.2 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.