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• Johan Meijert Wagemaker, Den Helder († 1986)
• Dimphy van Baal, Roosendaal († 2009)
• Maartje Vissers († 1962)
• Julie Anne NOBLE, Portland, Oregon († 1962)
• JOSÉ VAN VLIET, 'S-GRAVENHAGE († 2019)
• Wilhelmina Francisca Maria Romijnders, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1963)
• Remco de Beer, Amsterdam († 1994)
• Joseph René Paul LEPERLIER, L'Étang-Salé,97427,Réunion,Réunion,FRANCE († 1965)
• William Thierens, Temse
• Linda Jeanne Griffith, Sacramento, Sacramento, California, VS († 1997)

• Constantia Elisabetha Gielis‏ (77), Geel, België
• Anna Johanna Haak (63), Rotterdam
• Arie Korteland (88), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Weg (73), Hoogkerk Gr., NL
• Cornelia DEKKERS (76), Mill
• Anna Magdalena Haitzes Bijl (80), Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Folkers (58), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Arminta Perdue (80), Lamesa, Dawson County, Texas
• Berendina Ganzeveld (68), Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Netherlands
• Arie MAASDAM (62), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1960 » Graham Haynes, American trumpet player and composer
• 1960 » Mike Mignola, American author and illustrator
• 1961 » Annamária Szalai, Hungarian journalist, economist, and politician († 2013)
• 1961 » Bilinda Butcher, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 » Philip Lafon, Canadian wrestler
• 1962 » Seth, Canadian author and illustrator
• 1963 » Richard Marx, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1964 » Dave Sabo, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1964 » Mary Coustas, Australian actress and screenwriter
• 1964 » Rossy de Palma, Spanish-French model and actress

• 1950 » Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (b. 1881)
• 1955 » Leo Amery, Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Fatin Rüştü Zorlu, Turkish diplomat and politician, 21st Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1910)
• 1961 » Hasan Polatkan, Turkish politician, 15th Turkish Minister of Finance (b. 1915)
• 1965 » Ahn Eak-tai, North Korean composer and conductor (b. 1906)
• 1965 » Fred Quimby, American animator and producer (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, teacher and theatre director (b. 1932)
• 1976 » Bertha Lutz, Brazilian feminist and scientist (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
• 1977 » Maria Callas, Greek operatic soprano (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 » Cold War: While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment.
• February 8 » Charonne massacre. Nine trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police.
• March 18 » The Évian Accords end the Algerian War of Independence, which had begun in 1954.
• July 30 » The Trans-Canada Highway, the longest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
• September 15 » The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
• October 22 » Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation.

The temperature on September 16, 1962 was between 8.3 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.