1962 in Germany
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Events in the year 1962 in Germany.
Incumbents
Events
- February 16/17 - North Sea flood of 1962
- February 2 and 17 - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962
- February 28 - Oberhausen Manifesto
- June 22 - July 3 - 12th Berlin International Film Festival
- October 8 - Spiegel affair started.
- December 14 - The Fifth Adenauer cabinet led by Konrad Adenauer was sworn in.
Births
- 5 January – Ralf Meister, German Lutheran theologian, former General Superintendent (regional bishop) of Berlin, and Landesbischof of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover
- 9 January – André Wohllebe, German canoeist (died 2014)
- 19 January – Monika Grütters, German politician
- 31 January – Frank Wieneke, German judoka
- 8 February – Martin Wuttke, German actor
- 13 February – Christiane Weber, German fencer
- 25 February – Birgit Fischer, German kayaker
- 9 March – Rolf Saalfrank, shot putter
- 10 March – Sepp Daxenberger, politician (died 2010)
- 12 March – Andreas Köpke, footballer
- 24 March – Irina Meszynski, German discus thrower
- 26 March – Susanne Daubner, German television presenter
- 1 April – Stefanie Tücking, German radio and television presenter (died 2018)
- 24 April – Heike Kemmer, equestrian
- 28 April – Susanne Klatten, German business woman
- 29 April – Stephan Burger, German bishop of Roman-Catholic Church
- 18 May – Sandra, German singer
- 21 May – Uwe Rahn, German football player
- 31 May – Sebastian Koch, German actor
- 3 June – Dagmar Neubauer, German sprinter
- 10 June – Ralf Schumann, German sport shooter
- 22 June – Campino, German singer
- 24 June – Christine Neubauer, German actress
- 21 July – Gabi Bauer, German journalist
- 28 July – Torsten Gütschow, German football player
- 9 August – Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, German politician
- 23 August – Jürgen Tonkel, German actor
- 9 October – Durs Grünbein, German poet
- 25 October – Martin Haase, German linguist
- 30 October – Stefan Kuntz, German football player
- 1 November – Ulf Timmermann, German athlete
- 6 November – Georg Uecker, German actor
- 28 November – Andreas Behm, German weightlifter
- 30 November – Heinrich Deichmann, German entrepreneur
- 1 December – Detlev Buck, German actor, film producer and screenwriter
- 5 December – Marion Kracht, German actress
- 14 December – Bela B., German singer and musician
- 31 December – Katy Karrenbauer, German actress
Deaths
- January 1 - Hans von Salmuth, German general (born 1888)
- March 8— Hans Felber, Wehrmacht general and Knight's Cross recipient (born 1889)
- May 11 - Hans Luther, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1879)
- May 26 - Karl Rapp, German founder and owner of the Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH in Munich.(born 1882)
- June 1 - Adolf Eichmann, German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) (born 1906)
- June 15 - Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, German nobleman (born 1887)
- June 18 — Friederich-Karl Burckhardt, German World War I flying ace (born 1889)
- August 9 - Hermann Hesse, German writer (born 1877)
- August 20 - Kurt Schumacher, German politician (born 1895)
- September 10 - Rudolf Petersen, German politician (born 1878)
- September 25 - Herbert Koch, Germa narchaeologist (born 1880)
- October 21 - Karl Elmendorff, German conductor (born 1891)
- November 14 - Wilhelm Lachnit, German painter (born 1899)
- December 13 - Rudolf Wissell, German politician (born 1869)
See also
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