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• Ellen Bijl, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Hendrientje Jacoba van EIKENHORST, Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Geert van der Veen, Hardenberg († 1964)
• Alain ROBERT († 1996)
• Rudie Eduardus Marie van Sikkelerus, Hontenisse, zeeland, Nederland († 2022)
• Sjoerd Hoekstra, Suawoude, Friesland, Nederland († 1979)
• Mario Lambregts († 2004)
• Marie Wilhelmus Adrianus Lambregts, Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• Hinke Theodora Visser, Workum († 2007)
• Jan Raben, Lemelerveld, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland († 1962)

• Anna Wilhelmina de Brabander (74), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• "Heinrich" Otto Edwin Konrad Kurt Kuno zu Rantzau (79), Berlin
• Dingeman Dam (77), Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Didericus Petrus Broekman (49)
• Apolonia Beekman (82), Leiden
• Elizabeth van Zundert (68), Oud Gastel
• Anthonie Schot (63), Den Haag
• Catharina Doorenbos (86), Kampen
• Antje Torringa (100), Zuurdijk, Leens,, Groningen, Nederland
• Ella Louise Henriette JACOBI (82), Syke, Niedersachsen, Duitsland

• 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)

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. Monique
12. Karin
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.
• January 15 » Netherlands New Guinea Conflict: Indonesian Navy fast patrol boat RI Macan Tutul commanded by Commodore Yos Sudarso sunk in Arafura Sea by the Dutch Navy.
• February 10 » Roy Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition opened, and it included Look Mickey, which featured his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing, all of which he is now known for.
• May 31 » The West Indies Federation dissolves.
• July 23 » Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.
• September 8 » Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star.
• November 17 » President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.

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.