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• Jan Raben, Lemelerveld, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland († 1962)
• Hinke Theodora Visser, Workum († 2007)
• Christopher Paul KAPTEYN, Hamilton (Cn) († 1963)
• Sjoerd Hoekstra, Suawoude, Friesland, Nederland († 1979)
• Roelina Jantina Visscher, Dedemsvaart, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alain ROBERT († 1996)
• Ellen Bijl, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Mario Lambregts († 2004)
• Geert Wubs, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland († 2021)
• John Thomas Schwerzler, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2014)

• "Heinrich" Otto Edwin Konrad Kurt Kuno zu Rantzau (79), Berlin
• Catherine Ann Morgan ** (93), Mt Morgan, Queensland, Australia
• Abelina Wiersinga (74), Roodeschool, gem. Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Corneelis Johannus van Oort (74), Rotterdam
• Adrianus van Engelen (71), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Wilhelmina de Brabander (74), Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonie Schot (63), Den Haag
• Adrianus de Pee (56), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend van Selling (71), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Antje Pronker (92), Amsterdam

• 1960 » Todd English, American chef and author
• 1960 » Tony MacAlpine, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1961 » Carsten Fischer, German field hockey player
• 1961 » Rodney McCray, American basketball player
• 1962 » Carl Banks, American football player and sportscaster
• 1962 » Hiroki Kikuta, Japanese game designer and composer
• 1962 » Ian James Corlett, Canadian voice actor, writer, producer and author
• 1962 » Simon Thurley, English historian and academic
• 1963 » Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer-songwriter
• 1964 » Perri "Pebbles" Reid, American dance-pop and urban contemporary singer-songwriter

• 1951 » Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (b. 1871)
• 1952 » Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)
• 1966 » Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theorist, author, and poet (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Ulysses S. Grant III, American general (b. 1881)
• 1971 » Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr., American murderer (b. 1904)
• 1972 » Lale Andersen, German singer-songwriter (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Éamon de Valera, Irish soldier and politician, 3rd President of Ireland (b. 1882)
• 1977 » Brian McGuire, Australian race car driver (b. 1945)
• 1977 » Jean Hagen, American actress (b. 1923)

• 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 11 » An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.
• February 7 » The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
• March 4 » A Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 crashes shortly after takeoff from Cameroon, killing 111 - the worst crash of a DC-7.
• August 6 » Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
• September 6 » Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the second century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London.
• September 30 » James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying racial segregation rules.

The temperature on August 29, 1962 was between 6.4 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.