About the day » Monday July 30, 1962Calender converter

• Sandra Carlotta Marie Crane, Lynwood, Los Angeles, California, United States († 2013)
• Monique Bor, Amsterdam († 2011)
• Suzanne Casimier (later Linthout) († 1992)
• Gerardus Johannes Elisabeth Maria Dashorst, Boxtel, Gemeente Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1989)
• Lisa Ann Zoschke († 1962)
• Werner Vincent Camiel Pieters, Oostende († 2024)
• Osmar Mees, Ituporanga, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1963)
• Johannes Hubertus Elias SPRONCK, stein († 1963)

• Abraham van Amstel (86), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Almuth Hoodjer (82), Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa
• Aagtje Lourens VAN DER VEEN (94), Haren Groningen Netherlands
• Antonia Johanna SWINKELS (62), Helmond
• adriaan jacob den engelsman (72)
• Emma Matilda JOHNSON (69), Vernal
• Albert Jan Sprokholt (79), Heerde, Nederland
• Anna van Otterbeek Bastiaans (85), 's Gravenhage
• Cornelia Sul (42), Volendam
• Ernest Luther Tate (65)

• 1960 » Jennifer Barnes, American-English musicologist and academic
• 1960 » Richard Linklater, American director and screenwriter
• 1961 » Laurence Fishburne, American actor and producer
• 1962 » Alton Brown, American chef, author, and producer
• 1962 » Jay Feaster, American ice hockey player and manager
• 1962 » Yakub Memon, Indian accountant and terrorist († 2015)
• 1963 » Antoni Martí, Andorran architect and politician
• 1963 » Chris Mullin, American basketball player, coach, and executive
• 1963 » Lisa Kudrow, American actress and producer
• 1963 » Peter Bowler, English-Australian cricketer

• 1941 » Hugo Celmiņš, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1877)
• 1947 » Joseph Cook, English-Australian miner and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1860)
• 1965 » Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese author and playwright (b. 1886)
• 1970 » George Szell, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Walter Murdoch, Scottish-Australian academic (b. 1874)
• 1971 » Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Victoria (b. 1906)
• 1975 » James Blish, American author and critic (b. 1921)
• 1977 » Emory Holloway, American scholar, author, and educator (b. 1885)
• 1983 » Howard Dietz, American songwriter and publicist (b. 1896)
• 1983 » Lynn Fontanne, English actress (b. 1887)

• 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.
• April 21 » The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
• June 3 » At Paris Orly Airport, Air France Flight 007 overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130.
• July 23 » Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.
• October 11 » The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
• October 13 » The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Cat 3 hurricane, with winds above 150mph. 46 people die.
• 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 July 30, 1962 was between 5.8 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.