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• Anjo Janssen († 2015)
• Marjoleine Christina (Marjoleine) Boog († 2000)
• Joost Groen, Velsen († 1962)
• wil janssen, helden
• Rene Schendelaar
• Adrianus van Langen, Heerhugowaard († 1964)
• Jakob Bruinsma, Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1971)
• Erik Fiechter, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 2016)
• Johannes Brokkaar, Leiden
• Elisabeth Margaretha Hendrika Maria Kreunen, Bussum

• Annigje Pool (64), Coevorden
• AnneMaria Elisabeth van Leeuwen (60)
• Basil J. Williams (58), New Haven, Gratiot, Michigan, United States
• Alyda Geerds (78)
• Aart Buizer (60), Zeist
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• Bastiaan SPRONG (89), Hardinxveld Giessendam
• Bertha Johanna Cornelia Kleintunte (65), Tilburg
• Antonius Raaijmakers (62), Moerdijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cecil Eugene EMERSON (65), Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington

• 1960 » Gary Ella, Australian rugby player
• 1961 » André Ducharme, Canadian comedian and author
• 1961 » Martin Gore, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1961 » Michael Durant, American pilot and author
• 1961 » Milind Gunaji, Indian actor, model, television show host, and author
• 1961 » Woody Harrelson, American actor and activist
• 1962 » Alain Lefèvre, Canadian pianist and composer
• 1962 » Eriq La Salle, American actor, director, and producer
• 1962 » Mark Laurie, Australian rugby league player
• 1963 » Slobodan Zivojinovic, Serbian tennis player

• 1951 » Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France (b. 1856)
• 1951 » Robert J. Flaherty, American director and producer (b. 1884)
• 1954 » Herman Groman, American runner (b. 1882)
• 1955 » Cordell Hull, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1957 » Bob Shiring, American football player and coach (b. 1870)
• 1966 » Montgomery Clift, American actor (b. 1920)
• 1968 » Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1971 » Van Heflin, American actor (b. 1910)
• 1972 » Esther Applin, American geologist and paleontologist (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Eddie Rickenbacker, American pilot and race car driver, founded Rickenbacker Motors (b. 1890)

• 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.
• February 5 » French President Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence.
• March 16 » A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation disappears in the western Pacific Ocean, with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.
• March 19 » Highly influential artist Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan, for Columbia Records.
• June 14 » The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
• September 8 » Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star.
• September 25 » The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency.

The temperature on July 23, 1962 was between 8.7 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.