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• Forest Allen Williams Jr, Central City, Nebraska († 1981)
• Fadi Anis Yazbek
• Bruce Arthur Moore, Essex, Baltimore, Maryland († 1995)
• Rick Laplante
• Ed Reus, Ouddorp († 2012)
• Dennis Beller, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Donna Visser, Usa († 2020)
• Nàtalia Izard, Barcelona
• John Patrick Sullivan († 1962)
• Rudolf Adrianus Josephus Graafmans, Alphen en Riel

• Cornelis van Aart (76), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Krombeen (61), Kruiningen
• Aaltina Gezina Mensing (90), Beilen
• Egbert Henri Six (64), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Egbert Hendrik Six van Oterleek (64), Haarlem
• Antonius Wilhelmus Woutherus Schilders (62), Tilburg
• Antonius Wihelmus Wouterus Schilders (62), Tilburg (Brabant)
• Conrad Philips Gerretsen (73), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltina Gezina Mensing (90), Beilen
• Alojzij Osredkar (45), Vrhnika, Slovenia

• 1960 » Blanche Lincoln, American politician
• 1960 » Julia Adamson, Canadian-English keyboard player, composer, and producer
• 1960 » Miki Howard, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1960 » Nicola Griffith, English-American author
• 1961 » Eric Stoltz, American actor, director, and producer
• 1961 » Eric van de Poele, Belgian race car driver
• 1961 » Gary Coyne, Australian rugby league player
• 1961 » Mel Stride, English politician
• 1963 » David Barbe, American bass player and producer
• 1964 » Trey Anastasio, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer

• 1942 » Hans-Joachim Marseille, German captain and pilot (b. 1919)
• 1943 » Franz Oppenheimer, German-American sociologist and economist (b. 1864)
• 1946 » Takashi Sakai, Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1887)
• 1955 » James Dean, American actor (b. 1931)
• 1959 » Henry Barwell, Australian politician, 28th Premier of South Australia (b. 1877)
• 1961 » Onésime Gagnon, Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Peter Pitseolak, Canadian photographer and author (b. 1902)
• 1974 » Carlos Prats, Chilean general and politician, Chilean Minister of Defense (b. 1915)
• 1977 » Mary Ford, American singer and guitarist (b. 1924)
• 1978 » Edgar Bergen, American actor and ventriloquist (b. 1903)

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 10 » Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, which became known as the Saturn V Moon rocket, which launched every Apollo Moon mission.
• March 19 » Highly influential artist Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan, for Columbia Records.
• April 26 » NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
• July 1 » Independence of Rwanda and Burundi.
• July 30 » The Trans-Canada Highway, the longest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
• September 6 » Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the second century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London.

The temperature on September 30, 1962 was between 9.8 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.