About the day » Tuesday August 21, 1962Calender converter

• NN Hoogenberg, Emmen (Gemeente Emmen) Drenthe, Nederland († 1962)
• Marja Johanna Bus, Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Petronella Constantia Johanna Catharina van den Boomen, Reusel († 2020)
• Max Spetter, wageningen
• Andy Arnold Joyal, Morrisville, Lamoille, Vermont, United States († 1962)
• Stephen James Honing, Toronto (CAN) († 1984)
• Miranda Sandriena Leeuwenkamp, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 2021)
• Ellen Couwenberg, Bladel en Netersel († 1991)
• Jeffrey Allen Card, Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa († 2021)
• Levenloos Barendregt, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1962)

• Andy Arnold Joyal (0), Morrisville, Lamoille, Vermont, United States
• Anneko VAN DER LAAN (95)
• Adrianus Petrus HOLSTEIJN,VAN (79), Poeldijk,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert van 't Holt (71), Hardenberg
• Petrus Cornelus Johannes Boënne (43), Tilburg
• Albert Smit (69), Ede,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Artur Soares da Fonseca e Silva (87), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
• Albert van ,t Holt (71), Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland
• Alagonda Oosterhuis (74), Ten Boer
• Albertus Spies (90), Geldermalsen, Nederland

• 1959 » Anne Hobbs, English tennis player and coach
• 1959 » Jim McMahon, American football player and coach
• 1961 » Gerardo Barbero, Argentinian chess player and coach († 2001)
• 1961 » Stephen Hillenburg, American marine biologist, cartoonist, and animator († 2018)
• 1961 » V. B. Chandrasekhar, Indian cricketer and coach († 2019)
• 1962 » John Korfas, Greek-American basketball player and coach
• 1962 » Pete Weber, American bowler
• 1963 » Mohammed VI of Morocco, King of Morocco
• 1963 » Nigel Pearson, English footballer and manager
• 1964 » Gary Elkerton, Australian surfer

• 1947 » Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)
• 1957 » Harald Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888)
• 1957 » Mait Metsanurk, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1879)
• 1957 » Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
• 1960 » David B. Steinman, American engineer, designed the Mackinac Bridge (b. 1886)
• 1964 » Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (b. 1893)
• 1971 » George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (b. 1941)
• 1974 » Buford Pusser, American police officer (b. 1937)
• 1974 » Kirpal Singh, Indian spiritual master (b. 1894)

• 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 20 » Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes.
• May 24 » Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
• July 11 » Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth.
• September 30 » James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying racial segregation rules.
• October 28 » Cuban Missile Crisis: Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.
• November 11 » Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.

The temperature on August 21, 1962 was between 14.7 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.