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• Frederik August Maximiliaan ("Fred") Textor, Hengelo
• Frits Weemstra († 1985)
• Robert Jurgen Brard, Manokwari, West Papua, Indonesië († 2004)
• Quirinus Leonardus Maria van Berkel, Haarlem,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Cheri Schaap, Kanab, Kane County, Utah (USA) († 1961)
• Victor C Young, Stanford, Lincoln, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Lammert Woudstra († 2000)
• Astrid Viola During, Zwolle, Nederland († 1993)
• Johan Hoogland († 1999)
• Andrew Jongbloets, Burnaby Canada († 1984)

• Alida Engelina Lap (84), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• adéle maire (81), allamont
• Antonie Cornelis Seijmour (89), Koog aan de Zaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina van Esch (80), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Aaltje (Alice) Visker (85), Zellah (Wash)
• Aimée CHEDEMAIL (78), Conches-sur-Ouche, 27190, France
• Andries van der Veen (93), Losser
• Alta Mikels (89)
• Albertus Gerardus Johannes Lindenkamp (74), Bussum, NH, Nederland
• Antonia Johanna Vriens (88), Steenbergen, N-Br, NL

• 1958 » Steve Jones, American golfer
• 1959 » Andre Tippett, American football player and coach
• 1959 » Gerina Dunwich, American astrologer, historian, and author
• 1960 » Donald Nally, American conductor and academic
• 1960 » Maryam d'Abo, English actress
• 1960 » Terry Price, Australian golfer
• 1961 » Guido Westerwelle, German lawyer and politician, 15th Vice-Chancellor of Germany († 2016)
• 1962 » Bill Self, American basketball player and coach
• 1962 » John Kampfner, Singaporean journalist and author
• 1962 » Mark Few, American basketball player and coach

• 1950 » Max Beckmann, German-American painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian priest, author, and educator (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Şükrü Saracoğlu, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Julian Tuwim, Polish poet and author (b. 1894)
• 1955 » Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1881)
• 1956 » Lambert McKenna, Irish priest and lexicographer (b. 1870)
• 1958 » Harry Warner, Polish-American film producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Edgar Ende, German painter (b. 1901)
• 1972 » Lester B. Pearson, Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Vladimir Fock, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1898)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Peter
4. Cornelis
5. Willem
6. John
7. Hendrik
8. Robert
9. Gerrit
10. Ronald
11. Petrus
12. Pieter
13. Paul
14. Dirk
15. Hans
16. Johan

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Elisabeth
4. Cornelia
5. Anna
6. Yvonne
7. Wilhelmina
8. Catharina
9. Monique
10. Ingrid
11. Anita
12. Jacqueline
13. Marianne
14. Karin
15. Petronella
16. Adriana

• 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 11.4 million citizens.
• January 6 » The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.
• January 21 » A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners.
• May 11 » Adolf Eichmann is captured by the Mossad in Argentina.
• August 11 » Chad declares independence.
• November 4 » At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Dr. Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.
• November 9 » Robert McNamara is named president of Ford Motor Company, the first non-Ford to serve in that post. A month later, he resigned to join the administration of newly elected John F. Kennedy.

The temperature on December 27, 1960 was between -0.3 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.