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• Mirjam van der Horst, Upperhut, New Zealand
• Valentin August Maria Ghislain Gerrits, Hasselt, België († 1962)
• Freddy MASSART († 2005)
• Elisabeth Cornelia Judoca Maria van der Horst, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• N.N. De Niel, St. Niklaas († 1962)
• Johannes Antonius Maria (Joep) Brekelmans, Vught († 2008)
• Joke Wilie Bultema, Leeuwarden
• Laurie R van der Linden († 1998)
• Doodgeboren kind van Boekel, Goirle († 1962)
• Astrid Tuithof († 2006)

• Duco Gerrold Rengers Hora Siccama (85), Utrecht
• Cornelia Catharina Krol (60), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alphonsus Dionysius BERGHMANS (71), Hemiksem Belgie
• Cornelia Moonen (91), Heer, Limburg, Nederland
• Aalbert Jansen (66), Rotterdam
• Alfons Joseph (Alphons) Beckers (65), Sint-Truiden, België
• Aartje Vink (57)
• Anna Riemens (78), Terneuzen, Terneuzen, Zeeland, The Netherlands
• Antonius Petrus Rijnen (85), Tilburg
• Anje Bloem (71), Tipton, Tillman County, Oklahoma

• 1959 » Mike Pence, 48th Vice President of the United States, 50th Governor of Indiana
• 1960 » Bill Prady, American screenwriter and producer
• 1960 » Hirohiko Araki, Japanese manga artist and creator of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
• 1961 » Dave Catching, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1962 » Takuya Kurosawa, Japanese race car driver
• 1962 » Thierry Hazard, French singer-songwriter
• 1963 » Gordon Gano, American musician
• 1964 » Gia Carides, Australian actress
• 1964 » Graeme Labrooy, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1965 » Mick Foley, American wrestler, actor, and author

• 1954 » Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1912)
• 1956 » John Willcock, Australian politician, 15th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1879)
• 1961 » Reginald Fletcher, 1st Baron Winster, English navy officer and politician, Secretary of State for Transport (b. 1885)
• 1963 » ZaSu Pitts, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Judy Holliday, American actress and singer (b. 1921)
• 1966 » Jean Arp, German-French sculptor, painter, and poet (b. 1886)
• 1967 » Anatoly Maltsev, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1909)
• 1967 » Dorothy Parker, American poet, short story writer, critic, and satirist (b. 1893)
• 1968 » Dan Duryea, American actor and singer (b. 1907)
• 1970 » E. M. Forster, English novelist, short story writer, essayist (b. 1879)

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 18 » The Évian Accords end the Algerian War of Independence, which had begun in 1954.
• May 24 » Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
• July 11 » First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
• October 13 » The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Cat 3 hurricane, with winds above 150mph. 46 people die.
• November 17 » President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.
• 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.

The temperature on June 7, 1962 was between 8.3 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 15.2 hours of sunshine (92%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.