About the day » Thursday September 13, 1962Calender converter

• Jan Hendrik Lennips († 2013)
• Josias dos Santos
• Annie Maas, Heerlen,LB, Nederland († 1990)
• Diane Elisa Julien Kerremans, Willebroek († 2006)
• Trientje Kort († 1962)
• Annette M. van Bussel, London, Ontario, Canada († 1963)
• Agnes Punt, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Johannes Cornelis Veeneman, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1974)
• NN Wijma, Enschede († 1962)
• Bouko Nieboer († 2015)

• Aaltjen Flierman (75), Ruurlo
• Arie Nugteren (64)
• Alida Johanna Leuman (89)
• Apolonia Lensvelt (67), Grave
• Arendje van den Bos (80), Rotterdam
• Catharina van der Kamp (38), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Helena Scholte (73), Stadskanaal(Gr)-Musselkanaal
• Charlotte Sophia Ernestine Magdalena van Döring (80)
• Anna Helene Diekmann (41), Wilhelmshaven, Oldenburg
• Charles Arthur Hinds (78), Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States of America

• 1960 » Kevin Carter, South African photojournalist († 1994)
• 1961 » Dave Mustaine, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1961 » KK Null, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 » Peter Roskam, American lawyer and politician
• 1962 » Neal Lancaster, American golfer
• 1962 » Tõnu Õnnepalu, Estonian author
• 1963 » Antony Galione, Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Oxford
• 1963 » Robin Smith, South African-English cricketer
• 1963 » Theodoros Roussopoulos, Greek journalist and politician
• 1963 » Yuri Alexandrov, Russian boxer († 2013)

• 1949 » August Krogh, Danish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1953 » Mary Brewster Hazelton, American painter (b. 1868)
• 1960 » Leó Weiner, Hungarian composer and educator (b. 1885)
• 1967 » Leonard Lord, English businessman (b. 1896)
• 1967 » Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, Yemeni-Saudi Arabian businessman, founded Saudi Binladin Group (b. 1903)
• 1967 » Robert George, English air marshal and politician, 24th Governor of South Australia (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Lin Biao, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1907)
• 1973 » Betty Field, American actress (b. 1913)
• 1973 » Sajjad Zaheer, Indian poet and philosopher (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer, Indian singer and musicologist (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.
• February 10 » Cold War: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
• June 11 » Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
• July 2 » The first Walmart store, then known as Wal-Mart, opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
• September 18 » Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.
• September 30 » Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the National Farm Workers Association.
• December 8 » Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days.

The temperature on September 13, 1962 was between 4.6 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.