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• Bartele Fokkes Gietema, Tjerkwerd, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2016)
• Jan-Marc Booij, Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1962)
• W.M.J. van den Ende, Naaldwijk, Nederland († 2018)
• Antonius Petrus Maria van de Wouw, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1960)
• Annette Everdine Zandvoort, Hendrik Ido Ambacht († 2014)
• Levenloos Snijders, Den Helder († 1960)
• Frederikus (Freddy\Freddie) FROME, Oosterhesselen (NL/DR) († 2008)
• Yvonne van der Zwaan († 2011)
• Jan Smid, Den Helder († 2011)
• Gerrit van den Brink, Putten († 2014)

• Aaltje Kok (92), De Wijk
• Antoinette Adriana Perquin (53), 's Gravenhage
• Anna Gertrudis Hameleers (56), Sint Joost
• Alice G Leighton (69)
• Aaltje Kok (92), De Wijk
• Anna Clemens (63), Noordwijkerhout, Noordwijkerhout, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Berendina Reitzema (77), Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Andries Klaas Pieter Heemskerk (74)
• Albertus Jacobus MISPELBLOM BEIJER (90), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andries Petrus VAN DER MERWE (80), Mosselbaai

• 1956 » Andrea Pazienza, Italian illustrator and painter († 1988)
• 1958 » Drew Carey, American actor, game show host, and entrepreneur
• 1958 » Lea DeLaria, American actress and singer
• 1958 » Mitch Albom, American journalist, author, and screenwriter
• 1959 » Marcella Mesker, Dutch tennis player and sportscaster
• 1960 » Linden Ashby, American actor
• 1961 » Daniele Massaro, Italian footballer and manager
• 1961 » Norrie May-Welby, Scottish Australian gender activist
• 1962 » Karen Duffy, American actress
• 1963 » Viviane Baladi, Swiss mathematician

• 1942 » Panagiotis Toundas, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician, Reich Minister of the Interior (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (b. 1878)
• 1949 » Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Gustav Suits, Latvian-Estonian poet and politician (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Georges Claude, French engineer and inventor, created Neon lighting (b. 1870)
• 1962 » Louis Coatalen, French engineer (b. 1879)
• 1963 » August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician (b. 1904)
• 1965 » David Smith, American sculptor (b. 1906)
• 1975 » Moms Mabley, American comedian and actor (b. 1894)

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.
• May 3 » The Anne Frank House museum opens in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• 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 25 » Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.
• October 29 » An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio.
• November 1 » While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.
• December 1 » Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested (and later deported) from Hamburg, West Germany, after accusations of attempted arson.

The temperature on May 23, 1960 was between 8.8 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.