About the day » Sunday July 1, 1962Calender converter

• Reindert van Elst, Maarn († 1963)
• Antonius Josephus Maria de Leest, Bladel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1986)
• Peter Van Heertum, Turnhout († 1962)
• Antonius Josephus Maria de Leest, Bladel en Netersel († 1986)
• Keur, Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Willem Wetering, Den Ham († 1962)
• NATHALIE VAN BRANDE, BRUSSEL,BRUSSELS-HOOFDSTEDELIJK-GEWEST,BELGIE († 2017)
• Maria Gerarda Johanna Peperkamp, Zaltbommel († 1962)
• Elsbeth Bakelaar, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Francina Hirschman, Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)

• Adriana Johanna Guequierre (58), Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands
• Anna Maria Schelle (72), Veldhoven
• Alle Dirks Klaver (78), Marum
• Aaltje van der Meij (92)
• Betje Korporaal (87), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Simonsz Schotten (81), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje de Jong (74)
• Adriana Hermina de Jong (83), 's-Gravenhage
• Albertus Sipke Rienks (73), Rotterdam
• Cornelis Schotten (81), Alkmaar

• 1961 » Carl Lewis, American long jumper and runner
• 1961 » Diana, Princess of Wales († 1997)
• 1961 » Ivan Kaye, English actor
• 1961 » Malcolm Elliott, English cyclist
• 1961 » Michelle Wright, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 » Andre Braugher, American actor and producer
• 1962 » Mokhzani Mahathir, Malaysian businessman
• 1963 » David Wood, American lawyer and environmentalist († 2006)
• 1963 » Nick Giannopoulos, Australian actor
• 1963 » Roddy Bottum, American singer and keyboard player

• 1961 » Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French physician and author (b. 1894)
• 1962 » Bidhan Chandra Roy, Indian physician and politician, 2nd Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1882)
• 1962 » Purushottam Das Tandon, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Pierre Monteux, French-American viola player and conductor (b. 1875)
• 1965 » Robert Ruark, American journalist and author (b. 1915)
• 1965 » Wally Hammond, English cricketer (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Frank Verner, American runner (b. 1883)
• 1967 » Gerhard Ritter, German historian and academic (b. 1888)
• 1968 » Fritz Bauer, German judge and politician (b. 1903)
• 1971 » William Lawrence Bragg, Australian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)

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.
• January 1 » Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.
• February 7 » The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
• March 2 » Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
• October 27 » An aircraft carrying Enrico Mattei, post-war Italian administrator, crashes in mysterious circumstances.
• November 17 » President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.
• November 24 » The influential British satirical television programme That Was the Week That Was is first broadcast.

The temperature on July 1, 1962 was between 10.8 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.