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• Gerardus Wilhelmus Maria Jaspers, Ottersum, ´t, Venezuela († 1963)
• Gerardus Johannes Andringa († 1983)
• Joel Roy Hartshorn, Lamar, Colorado († 1970)
• Albert Langereis, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Edwin Gerardus Cornelis Kieboom, Goirle
• Jeffery Earl Caldwell, Boyle County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Ronald Buss († 1962)
• Paul Scott Gunnink, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Rudy Michael Verkaik, Brampton, Ontario, Canada († 2003)
• Albert Langereis, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)

• Antonius Maas (48), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Pieters Tijsma (64), Herbaijum
• Bernardus Theodorus Bless (83), Millingen aan de Rijn, Nederland
• Albertus de Jongh (87), Leiden
• Catharina Stephania Goffin (78), Wellen, België
• Albertus Cornelis Enklaar (62), Nijmegen
• Beitske Loen (77), Nieuwebrug
• Amalia Timmermans (51)
• Anna Elisabeth Vogten (78), Born, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Vogten (78), Born, Limburg, Nederland

• 1961 » Giorgos Koumoutsakos, Greek politician
• 1961 » Jim Cornette, American wrestling manager and sportscaster
• 1961 » Ty Tabor, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (King's X)
• 1962 » Baz Luhrmann, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 » BeBe Winans, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1962 » Dustin Nguyen, Vietnamese-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 » Hesham Qandil, Egyptian engineer and politician, 51st Prime Minister of Egypt
• 1962 » Wayne Riley, Australian golfer
• 1963 » James Urbaniak, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 » Masahiro Chono, American-Japanese wrestler and manager

• 1951 » Jimmy Yancey, American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1953 » David Munson, American runner (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Hans Feige, German general (Wehrmacht) (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Adnan Menderes, Turkish lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1899)
• 1965 » Alejandro Casona, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor and actor (b. 1930)
• 1971 » Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain (b. 1937)
• 1972 » Akim Tamiroff, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1973 » Hugo Winterhalter, American bandleader and composer (b. 1909)
• 1975 » Nicola Moscona, Greek-American singer-songwriter (b. 1907)

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 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.
• January 12 » Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place.
• 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 11 » Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.
• November 11 » Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.
• December 13 » NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.

The temperature on September 17, 1962 was between 6.3 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 11.0 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.