About the day » Sunday September 2, 1962Calender converter

• Marc Nicholas Steijn, Christchurch NZ († 2020)
• Wayne Randolph Marshall, Charlevoix, Charlevoix, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1997)
• Huberta Geraldina Petronella Vos, Bladel en Netersel († 2010)
• Herman Wilbrink († 2003)
• Peter Robben, Hengelo († 2006)
• Scott Anthony EDMUNDS, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 1990)
• Lizette Vos, Tongeren, België († 1987)
• Gerharda Margaretha Ardesch († 1979)
• Arnold Wayne van de Hoef († 1964)
• Hans van den Oudenalder († 2013)

• Albertha Helena Karsmakers (81), Eindhoven
• Alida Wilhelmina Elisabeth Haneveld (96), 's-Gravenhage
• Amélia de Toledo Pizza (83), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Adriana Jaapje Noteboom (75), Rotterdam-Pernis
• Bernardus Johannes Gerardus Collet (74), Zuthphen, Prov.Gelderland, Niederlande
• Aaltje Keizer (47), Havelte
• Dirk Decaluwé (10), Moeskroen, Henegouwen, België
• Cornelis Pavias (72), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Arie Ooms (50), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Hiemstra (56), Aldegea, Smellingerlan, Friesland, Nederland

• 1960 » Eric Dickerson, American football player and sportscaster
• 1960 » Kristin Halvorsen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Finance
• 1961 » Carlos Valderrama, Colombian footballer and manager
• 1961 » Ron Wasserman, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1962 » Alonso Lujambio, Mexican academic and politician († 2012)
• 1962 » Eugenio Derbez, Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 » Keir Starmer, English lawyer and politician
• 1962 » Prachya Pinkaew, Thai director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 » Tracy Smothers, American wrestler
• 1963 » Sam Mitchell, American basketball player and coach

• 1953 » Hendrik Offerhaus, Dutch rower (b. 1875)
• 1953 » Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1883)
• 1954 » Franz Leopold Neumann, German lawyer and political scientist (b. 1900)
• 1962 » William Wilkerson, American publisher and businessman (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Alvin C. York, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1887)
• 1964 » Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist and scholar (b. 1900)
• 1965 » Johannes Bobrowski, German poet and author (b. 1917)
• 1969 » Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of Vietnam (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Robert Mensah, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1939)
• 1973 » Carl Dudley, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)

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.
• August 16 » Pete Best is discharged from The Beatles, to be replaced two days later by Ringo Starr.
• September 25 » The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency.
• September 30 » Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the National Farm Workers Association.
• October 8 » Der Spiegel publishes an article disclosing the sorry state of the Bundeswehr, and is soon accused of treason.
• October 11 » The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
• 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 2, 1962 was between 6.2 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??.