About the day » Sunday June 24, 1962Calender converter

• Kornelis Alexander Mylanus, Assen
• Sharon May REID († 2012)
• Caroline GRAY (PARKINSON), Of Admaston, Kings Bromley, Lichfield, L/17B/452 († 1993)
• Heintje van Lagen, Garderen († 2003)
• Véronique Thérèse de Borrekens, Uccle, Bruxelles, Belgique († 2017)
• Nicolaas Mühlenbruch, Rotterdam († 1962)
• Ivan Maria De Coussemaker, Eeklo († 2019)
• levenloos geboren dochtertje († 1962)

• Dirk Lokhorst (52), Oldebroek
• Emile Joseph Carpentier (75), Boezinge
• Bertha Elizabeth PLASMIER (67)
• Dawson Martin Yerkes <sKsPq> (80), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Aaltje Jacobs Rook (72), Meppel, Nederland
• Charles Curran Castle (64), Tulare County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Ellen Emma Palatche (81), Dunedin, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
• Eekelen, van (69)
• Brunes Peter Jan Zweers (62)
• Antonia Mariën (87), Putte, Antwerpen, België

• 1960 » Elish Angiolini, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland
• 1960 » Siedah Garrett, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1961 » Bernie Nicholls, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1961 » Curt Smith, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1961 » Dennis Danell, American singer and guitarist († 2000)
• 1961 » Iain Glen, Scottish actor
• 1961 » Ralph E. Reed, Jr., American journalist and activist
• 1963 » Mike Wieringo, American author and illustrator († 2007)
• 1963 » Preki, Serbian-American soccer player and coach
• 1963 » Yuri Kasparyan, Russian guitarist

• 1946 » Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Emil Seidel, American politician, Mayor of Milwaukee (b. 1864)
• 1962 » Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist and music critic (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Stuart Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1892)
• 1968 » Tony Hancock, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1969 » Frank King, American cartoonist (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Willy Ley, German-American historian and author (b. 1906)
• 1976 » Minor White, American photographer, critic, and academic (b. 1908)
• 1978 » Robert Charroux, French author and critic (b. 1909)
• 1980 » V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (b. 1894)

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.
• July 23 » The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed.
• August 5 » Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
• August 31 » Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
• September 30 » James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying racial segregation rules.
• October 9 » Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
• 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 June 24, 1962 was between 7.9 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.