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• Remus John Lupin († 1998)
• Ten Bertha in 't Hout, Vriescheloo, Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands († 2011)
• Albert Leussink, Almelo
• Margrieta Francina Magdalena van Rhyn († 2006)
• Christina Margaretha (Christa) van der Pol, dordrecht († 2005)
• Maria Elisabeth Antonia van Gils, Goirle († 1996)
• Charles Ray Blome († 1994)
• Diana Joy Huizinga, Grand Rapids, Kent County, US-MI († 2009)
• Antje de Haan, Oostermeer († 2017)
• Cornelis Wever, Oudendijk, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2010)

• Alijda Petronella (Alyda Petronella) Geensen (Geenssen) (44), Heerlerheide (Heerlen-Lb)
• Andries Abraham Dagelinckx (75), Vlissingen
• Anna Catharina Kremer (89), Dünschede
• Alijda Petronella Geensen (44), Heerlerheide, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonius Henricus Johannes Molkenboer (87), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Wilhelmina Barentsen (79), Oost-en West-Souburg
• Adrianus Petrus Mommers- (75), Tilburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Roovers (89), Middelburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Kuivenhoven (67), Monster, Nederland
• Anne Schonewille (9), Groningen

• 1956 » Robert Llewellyn, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1957 » Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabian terrorist, founded al-Qaeda († 2011)
• 1958 » Garth Crooks, English footballer forward and sportscaster
• 1958 » Sharon Stone, American actress and producer
• 1958 » Steve Howe, American baseball player († 2006)
• 1961 » Laurel Clark, American captain, physician, and astronaut († 2003)
• 1962 » Jasmine Guy, American actress, singer, and director
• 1962 » Seiko Matsuda, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1963 » Jeff Ament, American bass player and songwriter
• 1963 » Rick Rubin, American record producer

• 1937 » Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author (b. 1884)
• 1940 » Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright (b. 1891)
• 1942 » Wilbur Scoville, American pharmacist and chemist (b. 1865)
• 1948 » Jan Masaryk, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1948 » Zelda Fitzgerald, American author, poet, and dancer (b. 1900)
• 1951 » Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1872)
• 1966 » Frank O'Connor, Irish short story writer, novelist, and poet (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1977 » E. Power Biggs, English-American organist and composer (b. 1906)
• 1985 » Konstantin Chernenko, Russian soldier and politician, Head of State of The Soviet Union (b. 1911)

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 9 » President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opens construction on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile.
• 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.
• August 6 » Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
• August 15 » Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
• August 16 » Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• December 16 » A United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground.

The temperature on March 10, 1960 was between 2.1 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 7.9 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.