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Source: Wikipedia Historical context
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.
- Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in 4 hours, 55 minutes.
- The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.
- First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
Weather
The temperature on September 4, 1962 was between 12.2 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.
Source: Delpher (Koninklijke Bibliotheek Newspapers from September 4, 1962 at Delpher
- Nieuw Guinea koerier : de groene : onafhankelijk dagblad voor Ned. Nieuw Guinea
- Friese koerier : onafhankelijk dagblad voor Friesland en aangrenzende gebieden
- Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad
- Gereformeerd gezinsblad / hoofdred. P. Jongeling
- Nieuw Suriname : Surinaams nieuws- en advertentieblad
- Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland
- De waarheid
- De Tijd De Maasbode
- Limburgsch dagblad
- De Telegraaf
Born on September 4
- 1383 » Count Amadeus VIII of Savoy († 1451)
- 1941 » Ramesh Sethi, East African cricketer
- 1956 » Blackie Lawless, American musician, lead singer in W.A.S.P.
- 1961 » Rizwan-uz-Zaman, Pakistani cricketer
- 1968 » Mike Piazza, American baseball player
- 1974 » Lincoln Roberts, West Indian cricketer
- 1975 » Dave Salmoni, Canadian zoologist, animal trainer
- 1991 » Carter Jenkins, American actor
Died on September 4
- 1864 » John Hunt Morgan, American Confederate military leader (b. 1825)
- 1909 » Clyde Fitch, American dramatist and playwright (b. 1865)
- 1940 » George William de Carteret, author from Jersey island (b. 1869)
- 1974 » Creighton Abrams, U.S. Army general (b. 1914)
- 1979 » Canuplin, Filipino magician and bodabil entertainer (b. 1904)
- 1993 » Hervé Villechaize, French actor (b. 1943)
- 1995 » Chuck Greenberg, American musician (Shadowfax (b. 1950)
- 2003 » Lola Bobesco, Romanian-born violinist (b. 1921)
Names that were popular for boys in 1962
- Johannes
- Jan
- Peter
- Erik
- Antonius
- Hans
- Paul
- Adrianus
- Mark
- Ronald
- Willem
- Berend
- Franciscus
- Hendrik
- Michael
Names that were popular for girls in 1962
- Maria
- Johanna
- Ingrid
- Gerritje
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Yvonne
- Adriana
- Cornelia
- Monique
- Anita
- Margaretha
- Caroline
- Elisabeth
- Hendrika