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• Herre Zondervan, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1962)
• Francis Schoorl, Canada BC († 2019)
• Karin Agnes René van Koert, Koewacht († 1982)
• Lucie Mulder, Groningen († 2019)
• Eit Poelman, Klazienaveen, Emmen († 2018)
• Fred Kouseband, Maarheze
• Joseph STRITTHOLT, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1962)
• Millena MANOV († 2015)
• R H Allen Rust († 1962)

• Anna Hendrika Verhoeven (76), Amsterdam
• Carolina Petronella van Kempen (85), Tilburg
• Berend Bosman (66), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Auguste Louise Lettkemann (54), Verden
• Cornelia Maria Heijnen (67), Roosendaal
• Adrianus Henderikus Fonck (94), Glimmen, Groningen, Nederland
• Breunis Jansen (78), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Benjamin Franklin Holden (76), McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States of America
• Cécile Archambault (62)
• Anthonij van Noord (75), Nieuwe-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1960 » Collin Raye, American country music singer
• 1960 » Holger Gehrke, German footballer and manager
• 1961 » Andrés Calamaro, Argentine singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1961 » Debbi Peterson, American singer-songwriter and drummer
• 1961 » Iain Coucher, English businessman
• 1961 » Roland Orzabal, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1962 » Stefano Tilli, Italian sprinter
• 1963 » James DeBarge, American R&B/soul singer
• 1963 » Terry Catledge, American basketball player
• 1963 » Tori Amos, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

• 1950 » Kirk Bryan, American geologist and academic (b. 1888)
• 1951 » Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Jim Tabor, American baseball player (b. 1916)
• 1958 » Roger Martin du Gard, French novelist and paleographer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Johannes Sikkar, Estonian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (b. 1897)
• 1963 » William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors (b. 1877)
• 1967 » Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American biologist and academic, co-created the birth-control pill (b. 1903)
• 1970 » Vladimir Propp, Russian philologist and scholar (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, biologist, and author (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1913)

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.
• March 2 » Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
• March 4 » A Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 crashes shortly after takeoff from Cameroon, killing 111 - the worst crash of a DC-7.
• June 11 » Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
• July 13 » In an unprecedented action, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismisses seven members of his Cabinet, marking the effective end of the National Liberals as a distinct force within British politics.
• July 22 » Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
• December 2 » Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to comment adversely on the war's progress.

The temperature on August 22, 1962 was between 12.3 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.