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• Ronald van Vliet, 's-Gravenhage († 1988)
• Marjolein Wijker, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Berthold Alphons Voeten († 1996)
• Maria Petronella Daalmeijer, Rotterdam, Nederland († 2000)
• Ruud de Vries († 2015)
• David W de Jong († 2013)
• Froukje Hoekstra, Marrum († 2016)
• Leo Poldervaart († 2015)
• Steven Wayne Connella, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States of America († 1985)
• Jaap Tol, Edam Volendam (Nederland) († 2022)

• Cornelis Leonardus Christophorus Quax (47), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Antonius Adrianus van der Weerd (65), Enschede
• Cornelia Ravestein (64), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria WATERMAN (67), Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Pont (59), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Wilson Todd (86), College Place, Walla Walla, Washington, United States
• Antoinette Lels (89), Voorburg
• Anna van Egmond (86), Roelofarendsveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cecil Agnes Bethea (76)
• Albert de Vries (85), Heerlen

• 1959 » Beth Heiden, American speed skater and cyclist
• 1960 » Jean-Marc Barr, German-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 » Gavin Larsen, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
• 1963 » Marc Maron, American comedian, actor, and radio host
• 1964 » Johnny du Plooy, South African boxer († 2013)
• 1964 » Predrag Brzaković, Serbian footballer († 2012)
• 1964 » Stephan Jenkins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1964 » Tracy Camp, American computer scientist and academic
• 1965 » Bernard Lord, Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Premier of New Brunswick
• 1965 » Steve Kerr, American basketball player, coach and sportscaster

• 1956 » Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American basketball player and golfer (b. 1911)
• 1956 » Gerald Finzi, English composer and educator (b. 1901)
• 1960 » Hilda Doolittle. American poet, novelist, and memoirist (b. 1886)
• 1960 » Sylvia Pankhurst, English activist (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Clara Bow, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1965 » William Stanier, English engineer, co-designed the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (b. 1876)
• 1967 » Felix Yusupov, Russian husband of Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1887)
• 1972 » S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician, librarian, and academic (b. 1892)
• 1974 » Silvio Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and academic (b. 1907)
• 1975 » Jack Lang, Australian lawyer and politician, 23rd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1876)

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.
• July 10 » Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
• August 16 » Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.
• August 17 » Peter Fechter is shot and bleeds to death while trying to cross the new Berlin Wall.
• 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.
• October 27 » Major Rudolf Anderson of the United States Air Force becomes the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis when his U-2 reconnaissance airplane is shot down over Cuba by a Soviet-supplied surface-to-air missile.

The temperature on September 27, 1962 was between 7.7 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.