About the day » Thursday July 5, 1962Calender converter

• Jelke Schaafsma, Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• (Stillborn) RHODA, U.S.A († 1962)
• Douwe Dam, Dokkum († 2023)
• NN Dekker, Texel († 1962)
• Peter Willem Duinkerken, Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Philip DEWULF, Oostende, 35013, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 2023)
• Richard Broersma, Campbellford,Ontario († 1974)
• Ronald (Ronny) Claesen, Genk, België († 2021)
• Johannes Petrus Wilhelmus Steijven, Swalmen († 1968)
• Francien Lamers, Blerick,, Limburg, Nederland († 1999)

• (Stillborn) RHODA (0), U.S.A
• Anna Maria Ossenblok (55), Essen (Belgi ), Provincie Antwerpen
• Charles Adriaan Bos (45), Alameda, California, VS
• Berendina Smale (65)
• ? ter Horst (0), Meppel
• Alberta Wirtz (81), Rotterdam
• Catharina Cornelia den Breems (1), Vlaardingen
• Antonio Croes (51), Aruba
• Antonius Hendricus Jilisen (79), Ottersum, Limburg, Nederland
• Alice BOURLET (67), Tournai, 57081, Hainaut, Belgique

• 1958 » Bill Watterson, American author and illustrator
• 1958 » Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist († 1996)
• 1959 » Marc Cohn, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1960 » Pruitt Taylor Vince, American actor and director
• 1962 » Sarina Hülsenbeck, German swimmer
• 1963 » Edie Falco, American actress
• 1964 » Ronald D. Moore, American screenwriter and producer
• 1965 » Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli-American pianist and educator
• 1965 » Kathryn Erbe, American actress
• 1966 » Susannah Doyle, English actress, director, and playwright

• 1948 » Carole Landis, American actress (b. 1919)
• 1948 » Georges Bernanos, French soldier and author (b. 1888)
• 1957 » Anugrah Narayan Sinha, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1887)
• 1965 » Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican race car driver, polo player, and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1966 » George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1969 » Leo McCarey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1898)
• 1969 » Tom Mboya, Kenyan politician, 1st Kenyan Minister of Justice (b. 1930)
• 1969 » Walter Gropius, German architect, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building and Werkbund Exhibition (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist and educator (b. 1884)
• 1975 » Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano and actress (b. 1892)

• 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 15 » The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
• February 8 » Charonne massacre. Nine trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police.
• March 2 » Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
• May 10 » Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk.
• July 1 » Independence of Rwanda and Burundi.
• October 27 » By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war.

The temperature on July 5, 1962 was between 8.9 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.