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• Nn Top, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Janneke Jans, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Gre Konijnenberg 9, Apeldoorn († 2017)
• Fernand Tripels, Heerlen, Limburg, Nl († 2012)
• Timothy Paul Waasdorp, Otter Tail, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1972)
• Euginia Marie Holden († 2022)
• Jacoba Groen van der, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1960)
• Rudy van Meurs († 2003)
• Fernand G.F.M. Tripels, Maastricht († 2012)
• NN Dol, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1960)

• Abraham Kole (88), 's-Heer Arendskerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Bernardus Johannes Olde Scheper (67), Gilze en Rijen
• Barta Vente (80), Driebergen-Rijsenburg (U)
• Anna Tyson SLINGHOFF (58)
• Bernardus Johannes Olde Scheper (67), Gilze Rijen
• Adronie Maria Vanlerberghe (86), Houthulst
• Christianus Wilhelmus van Mansfeld (83), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barbera Hozee (74), Amsterdam,Noord Holland
• Abraham Wijnand Kuiler (64), Sicilie, Italie
• Annegina Maria Dijkstra (73), Bussum

• 1958 » Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Icelandic composer and producer
• 1958 » Ryan Walter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1959 » Unity Dow, Botswanan judge, author, and rights activist
• 1960 » Barry Douglas, Irish pianist and conductor
• 1960 » Claude Julien, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 » Léo Jaime, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1960 » Steve Clark, English guitarist and songwriter († 1991)
• 1960 » Valerie Bertinelli, American actress
• 1961 » George Lopez, American comedian, actor, and talk show host
• 1961 » Pierluigi Martini, Italian race car driver

• 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
• 1951 » Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Bak Jungyang, Korean politician
• 1965 » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)
• 1966 » George Ohsawa, Japanese founder of the Macrobiotic diet (b. 1893)
• 1981 » Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
• 1984 » Red Garland, American pianist (b. 1923)
• 1985 » Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1896)

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.
• February 1 » Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
• April 1 » The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
• May 13 » Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
• June 26 » Madagascar gains its independence from France.
• July 20 » The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USSGeorge Washington, for the first time.
• September 5 » Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.

The temperature on April 23, 1960 was between 2.3 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.