About the day » Wednesday February 24, 1960Calender converter

• Rieks Platje, Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen († 2021)
• Ans Bakx, Oosterhout, 4903, Nederland († 2011)
• van de Water, Beesd West Betuwe (GL) († 1960)
• Jan Henk Kootstra, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland († 1996)
• Jan Hendrik Kootstra, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland († 1996)
• Ton Groen, 't Veld, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Hendrikus Engelbertus Ter Heegde († 1966)
• Albert John Berwald, Hamilton (CDN) († 1962)
• Anja Alice Breur, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2017)
• Kobie Remmelina Mulder († 1988)

• Beert Kamphorst (81), Bussum, NH, The Netherlands
• Alida Jacoba Cornelia Kn”rr (67), 's-Gravenhage
• Aart van Bochove (90), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Pieternella Scholten (71), Bussum
• Aleida Reimerink (63), Loenen
• Aart van Bokhoven (90), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• * Trijntje Kamsteeg (68), Hardinxveld-Giessendam
• Benjamin Franklin Trigg (71), Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Bernardus Meurs (81), Maastricht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Augustinus Arent Atzema (82), Groningen

• 1956 » Eddie Murray, American baseball player and coach
• 1956 » Judith Butler, American philosopher, theorist, and author
• 1956 » Paula Zahn, American journalist and producer
• 1958 » Mark Moses, American actor
• 1958 » Sammy Kershaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 » Beth Broderick, American actress and director
• 1959 » Mike Whitney, Australian cricketer and television host
• 1963 » Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1963 » Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
• 1963 » Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Gujarati family, most versatile filmmaker of Hindi cinema.

• 1953 » Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
• 1953 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Mir Osman Ali Khan, Last Nizam of Hyderabad State (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1895)
• 1975 » Hans Bellmer, German artist (b. 1902)
• 1975 » Nikolai Bulganin, Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Alma Thomas, American painter and educator (b.1891)
• 1982 » Virginia Bruce, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1986 » Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian Bharatnatyam dancer (b. 1904)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Peter
4. Cornelis
5. Willem
6. Hendrik
7. John
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.
• April 1 » The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
• April 9 » Dr Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa and architect of apartheid, narrowly survives an assassination attempt by a white farmer, David Pratt in Johannesburg.
• June 17 » The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4million for 7million acres (28,000km) of land undervalued at four cents/acre in the 1863 treaty.
• August 6 » Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
• October 1 » Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• December 9 » The first episode of Coronation Street, the world's longest-running television soap opera, is broadcast in the United Kingdom.

The temperature on February 24, 1960 was between -1.2 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.