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• Michel Bagi, Maaseik (B), België († 1991)
• Dominicus Marinus Müller, Arnhem († 2016)
• Ina Klouwer († 2024)
• Linda Sue Pearce († 2005)
• Eric Nico Paauw, Amsterdam († 2015)
• Johnnie Tinholt († 1962)
• Petra de Swart, Wieringen († 2012)
• Dominicus Marinus Müller-, Arnhem, Nederland († 2016)
• Petra de Swart, De Haukes († 2012)
• Anita van den Assum, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren († 1993)

• Adrianus Johannes Schuring (80), Haarlem
• Anna Neeleman (92), Zeist
• Abraham Van Amstel (85), Apeldoorn
• Aaltien Zwikker (80), Meppel
• Bartha Lommers (81), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje Ockhuisen (68), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Margrietha Bouwman (83), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aart Rietveld (71), usa
• Annie Laura Purvis Davis (84), Flora, Madison, Mississippi, United States
• Catharina Jacoba Sandberg (73), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1960 » Jack McConnell, Scottish educator and politician, 3rd First Minister of Scotland
• 1960 » Murray Cook, Australian musician, actor, songwriter and producer
• 1961 » Clive Nolan, English musician, composer and producer
• 1961 » Lynne Jolitz, American computer scientist and programmer
• 1962 » Julianne Regan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 » Tony Fernández, Dominican baseball player
• 1963 » Olha Bryzhina, Ukrainian sprinter
• 1963 » Rupert Graves, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1963 » Yngwie Malmsteen, Swedish guitarist and songwriter
• 1964 » Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg

• 1953 » Charles William Miller, Brazilian footballer and civil servant (b. 1874)
• 1953 » Elsa Beskow, Swedish author and illustrator (b. 1874)
• 1954 » Andrass Samuelsen, Faroese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1873)
• 1956 » Thorleif Lund, Norwegian actor (b. 1880)
• 1959 » José Vasconcelos, Mexican philosopher and politician (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Lee de Forest, American inventor, invented the audion tube (b. 1873)
• 1966 » Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver (b. 1906)
• 1966 » Margery Allingham, English author of detective fiction (b. 1904)
• 1968 » Ernst Marcus, German zoologist (b. 1893)
• 1971 » Georgi Asparuhov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1943)

• 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 11 » First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
• July 11 » Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth.
• August 6 » Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
• October 28 » Cuban Missile Crisis: Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.
• November 21 » The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.
• 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 June 30, 1962 was between 9.0 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.