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• Ruud de Vries († 2015)
• David W de Jong († 2013)
• Berthold Alphons Voeten († 1996)
• Maria Petronella Daalmeijer, Rotterdam, Nederland († 2000)
• Jaap Tol, Edam Volendam (Nederland) († 2022)
• Ronald van Vliet, 's-Gravenhage († 1988)
• Patti Susan Deitz, Jackson (Jackson County) (Michigan) († 2006)
• John Poldervaart († 2015)
• Steven Wayne Connella, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States of America († 1985)
• Luiz Gonzaga Westrup, São Martinho, SC, Brasil († 2001)

• Albert de Vries (85), Heerlen
• Cornelia Ravestein (64), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Groenendijk (88), Vorburg
• Anna Maria (Ouders:Johannes Maria Joseph Waterman, Catharina Barkman) Waterman (67)
• Aafje Stapel (79)
• Albert Wilson Todd (86), College Place, Walla Walla, Washington, United States
• Christina Munster (75), Nijmegen
• Anna van Egmond (86)
• Cecil Agnes Sampson (76)
• Aleida Geertruida Stillig (74), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland

• 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)

• 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 27 » Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bomb the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President Ngô Đình Diệm.
• May 10 » Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk.
• May 24 » Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
• August 31 » Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
• September 27 » The Yemen Arab Republic is established.
• October 9 » A visible light-emitting diode (LED) is first demonstrated in Syracuse, New York.

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.