About the day » Friday August 31, 1962Calender converter

• Hans Blijie († 2007)
• Brigitte BEX, Helchteren (B) († 2006)
• Rhonda Ann Blackman, Columbus County,North Carolina († 1962)
• Maria Petronella Vermond, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• NN Alsemgeest, Delft († 1962)
• Joel Harris Statema († 1998)
• Didier Buffin de Chosal, Bruxelles (Brussel), 21004, Belgique († 2007)
• Jackie Driezes († 2016)
• Didier Christian Georges Henry Marie Joseph Ghislain Buffin de Chosal, Ixelles († 2007)
• Paul Meinsma, Aalsmeer, Nederland († 1964)

• Andreas Adrianus Antonius van de Wouw (61), Tilburg
• Alice Harvey (55), Nb,, Saint John
• Anna DE JONGE (84), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cyrille D'hulster (66), Langton ON
• Aafke BOLHUIS (72), Middelstum, Groningen, Nederland
• cornelis LUIJENDIJK (83), strijen
• Cornelis M. van Putten (46)
• Anthonie Fierloos (86)
• Antonius Franciscus Leo Nieuwpoort (66), Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Casper Antonius Sprokop (85), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1960 » Chris Whitley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2005)
• 1960 » Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanese politician, 3rd Secretary-General of Hezbollah
• 1960 » Vali Ionescu, Romanian long jumper
• 1961 » Kieran Crowley, New Zealand rugby player
• 1961 » Magnus Ilmjärv, Estonian historian and author
• 1962 » Dee Bradley Baker, American voice actor
• 1963 » Reb Beach, American guitarist
• 1963 » Rituparno Ghosh, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1963 » Sonny Silooy, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1964 » Raymond P. Hammond, American poet and critic

• 1951 » Paul Demel, Czech actor (b. 1903)
• 1952 » Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Elsa Barker, American author and poet (b. 1869)
• 1963 » Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor (b. 1882)
• 1965 » E. E. Smith, American engineer and author (b. 1890)
• 1967 » Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian journalist and author (b. 1891)
• 1968 » John Hartle, English motorcycle racer (b. 1933)
• 1969 » Rocky Marciano, American boxer (b. 1923)
• 1973 » John Ford, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1974 » William Pershing Benedict, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)

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.
• January 11 » Cold War: While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment.
• July 17 » Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
• August 7 » Canadian-born American pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorize thalidomide.
• August 30 » Japan conducts a test of the NAMC YS-11, its first aircraft since World War II and its only successful commercial aircraft from before or after the war.
• October 12 » The Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities; 46 dead and at least U.S. $230 million in damages.
• December 9 » The Petrified Forest National Park is established in Arizona.

The temperature on August 31, 1962 was between 8.9 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.