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• Catrina Affenito († 1964)
• Eric-Jan van Eck, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2005)
• Marcus Georges Gryson, Betekom († 1963)
• Kornelis Josephus Backx, Steenbergen, N-Br, NL
• Hendrik Jannes Tichelaar, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1988)
• Dawn Buttars ****, Logan, Cache, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Eduard Richard de Beurs, Amsterdam
• Anna Theresa Leynse, Mountain View
• Louis Jousseaume de La Bretesche († 2014)
• Jacomina de Zeeuw, 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)

• Albertje Birza (76), Oldehove, Groningen, Nederland
• Gerardus Hendricus Vos (63), Amsterdam
• Arien Van Ruler (48), Zeist,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Sophia van Bergen (72), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alice SHERRIFF (79), Westbury, Tasmania, Australia
• Blanche Van Meter Wesley [sWks] (72), Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee
• Anna Kristina Svensson (61)
• Antje Hellings (71)
• CAROLUS COGEN (64), SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Christiaan Wilhelmus Vermeiren (57), Breda

• 1961 » Christopher L. Eisgruber, American lawyer and academic
• 1961 » John Logan, American screenwriter and producer
• 1961 » Luc Picard, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1962 » Ally McCoist, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1962 » Ilgvars Zalāns, Latvian painter
• 1962 » Mike Phelan, English footballer, coach, and manager
• 1962 » Nia Vardalos, Canadian-American actress and screenwriter
• 1962 » Tim Supple, English director and producer
• 1963 » Ben Preston, English journalist
• 1963 » Michael Potter, Australian rugby player and coach

• 1947 » Andrew C. McLaughlin, American historian and author (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Warren William, American actor (b. 1894)
• 1950 » Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1863)
• 1962 » Charles Reisner, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1887)
• 1973 » August Kippasto, Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet (b. 1887)
• 1973 » Josué de Castro, Brazilian physician, geographer, and activist (b. 1908)
• 1975 » Earle Cabell, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas (b. 1906)
• 1976 » Philip Gbeho, Ghanaian composer and educator (b. 1904)
• 1978 » Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (b. 1897)
• 1978 » James Bassett, American journalist and author (b. 1912)

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 » An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.
• 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.
• January 15 » The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
• February 20 » Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes.
• July 8 » Ne Win besieges and dynamites the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement.
• August 15 » James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok died in 2016.

The temperature on September 24, 1962 was between 8.5 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.