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• Wim de Goeij, Nijkerk († 2008)
• Patricia Karen (Patty) Vos, Claresholm (Claresholm), AB, Canada († 2018)
• Hendrikus Albertus Looman, Doetinchem († 1967)
• Erna ter Horst, Emmen († 1962)
• Bernadina J.M. Thuis, Kraggenburg / Overijssel

• Adrianus Hendriks (78), Breda
• Albertus van der Windt (78), Den Haag
• Alexander Finlayson McKenzie (84), Hawera, South Taranaki, Taranaki, New Zealand
• Catharina Lautenbach (36), Groningen
• Bernardus Wiersma (74), Groningen
• Catharina Helena LOMMERSE (76), Breezand
• Clyde Warren Lawrence (55), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Christine Sophie Blix (100), Cumberland, Barron, Wisconsin
• Alouisius Franciscus van de Vijver (81), Croixrault, Frankrijk
• CATHARINA GEERTRUIDA PETERSON (81), DORDRECHT

• 1959 » Rajendra Singh, Indian environmentalist
• 1960 » Dale Ellis, American basketball player
• 1961 » Mary Ann Sieghart, English journalist and radio host
• 1962 » Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian-Hong Kong actress and producer
• 1963 » Charles Ingram, English soldier, author, and game show contestant
• 1963 » Kevin Mitnick, American computer hacker and author
• 1964 » Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo, Nigerian journalist, activist, social media expert, and pharmacist
• 1965 » David Robinson, American basketball player and lieutenant
• 1965 » Stéphane Peterhansel, French racing driver
• 1965 » Yuki Kajiura, Japanese pianist and composer

• 1946 » Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and coach (b. 1903)
• 1952 » Betty Allan, Australian statistician and biometrician (b. 1905)
• 1959 » Preston Sturges, American director, screenwriter, and playwright (b. 1898)
• 1964 » Cedric Hardwicke, English actor and director (b. 1893)
• 1969 » Theodor W. Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1903)
• 1970 » Nikos Tsiforos, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1973 » Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba (b. 1901)
• 1976 » Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian-American cellist and educator (b. 1903)
• 1978 » Edward Durell Stone, American architect, designed Radio City Music Hall and the Kennedy Center (b. 1902)
• 1978 » Pope Paul VI (b. 1897)

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 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.
• March 29 » Arturo Frondizi, the president of Argentina, is overthrown in a military coup by Argentina's armed forces, ending an 11​⁄₂ day constitutional crisis.
• October 3 » Project Mercury: Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched from Cape Canaveral for a six-orbit flight.
• October 9 » A visible light-emitting diode (LED) is first demonstrated in Syracuse, New York.
• October 13 » The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Cat 3 hurricane, with winds above 150mph. 46 people die.
• 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 6, 1962 was between 10.5 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 9.9 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (9%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.