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• Geert van der Beek, Hardenberg († 2021)
• Janske Bax († 1992)
• levenloos van der Veeke, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1960)
• Peter Koetze, Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands († 1962)
• Aagje Roelofs, Heerlen († 2001)
• Levenloos Hiddes, Den Helder († 1960)
• Jan Gerlof JAGER, Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland († 2009)
• Joep Marlien Altona, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Lori KARITON († 2014)
• Sandra Elisabeth Maria de Groot, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1960)

• Alphonsus Maria Josephus LAUTA van AYSMA (66), Driebergen,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alice Shrewsberry (14)
• Annie Best Keast (80), Cazenovia, Madison, New York, United States
• "Cécile" Léonie Julie de Jacquier de Rosée (87), Beez, Namur, France
• Alberdina BURINGH (74), Winschoten Groningen Netherlands
• Adolf Eduard van Twuijver (73), Den Haag
• Bernardus Josephus Alink (63), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Barbara van der Hurk (77), Leiden
• Adriaan Cornelis van Croonenburg (80), Tilburg, NB Netherlands
• Alphonsus Maria Joseph Lauta van Aysma (66), Driebergen-Rijsenburg

• 1956 » Jana Wendt, Australian television host
• 1956 » Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress and producer
• 1958 » Graham Smith, Canadian swimmer
• 1959 » Andrew Jones, New Zealand cricketer
• 1960 » Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach († 2014)
• 1961 » John Corbett, American actor
• 1961 » Sean Altman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 » Dave Gahan, English singer-songwriter
• 1962 » Paul Heaton, English singer-songwriter
• 1963 » Joe Cirella, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1950 » Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (b. 1883)
• 1957 » Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan banker and businessman (b. 1887)
• 1957 » Ezio Pinza, Italian actor and singer (b. 1892)
• 1959 » Bhaurao Patil, Indian activist and educator (b. 1887)
• 1965 » Leopold Figl, Austrian engineer and politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1902)
• 1968 » Finlay Currie, British actor (b. 1878)
• 1968 » Harold Gray, American cartoonist, created Little Orphan Annie (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Marion Lorne, American actress (b. 1883)
• 1968 » Mercedes de Acosta, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
• 1970 » Walter Reuther, American union leader (b. 1907)

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.
• January 28 » The National Football League announced expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for 1961 NFL season.
• February 13 » With the success of a nuclear test codenamed "Gerboise Bleue", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons.
• April 1 » The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
• April 4 » France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.
• August 12 » Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
• September 24 » USSEnterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.

The temperature on May 9, 1960 was between 9.3 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.