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• Jacobus Moret, Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Karel Van Ruyskensvelde, Merelbeke († 1999)
• Ellis Mosch, Warmenhuizen († 2002)
• N.N. Crietee, Leeuwarden († 1960)
• N. N. Berkvens, Meijel, Limburg, Nederland († 1960)
• Jolanda Niclosine Voogt, Zevenbergen
• Ellen Mosch, Warmenhuizen, Harenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Euclides Hipolito Martelli, Itapolis, São Paulo, Brasil († 2001)
• Carola Ingrid Hendrika van Boxtel († 1960)
• Sophia Katherine Gordon († 2005)

• Bernardus Jacobus Holleman (85), Rotterdam
• Adriaan de BOKX (94), Wolphaartsdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Bretveld (52)
• Bieuwkje Walda (90), Makkinga
• Antonie Coleta Peyffers (75), Herk-de-Stad, België
• Bessel Geitenbeek (55), Woudenberg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus de Man (86), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus DE RUIJTER (82)
• Arend Jan Scholten (55), Enschede
• Anna Maria Hubertina Devens (74), Maastricht

• 1958 » Mick MacNeil, Scottish keyboard player and songwriter
• 1959 » Radney Foster, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1960 » Claudio Langes, Italian race car driver
• 1960 » Prvoslav Vujčić, Serbian-Canadian poet and philosopher
• 1960 » Sudesh Berry, Indian actor
• 1961 » Óscar Elías Biscet, Cuban physician and activist, founded the Lawton Foundation
• 1962 » Carlos Alazraqui, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 » Giovanna Amati, Italian race car driver
• 1962 » Julie Bindel, English journalist, author, and academic
• 1963 » Frank Whaley, American actor, director, and screenwriter

• 1951 » Abdullah I, king of Jordan (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Dumarsais Estimé, Haitian lawyer and politician, 33rd President of Haiti (b. 1900)
• 1953 » Jan Struther, English author and hymn-writer (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Calouste Gulbenkian, Armenian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1869)
• 1956 » James Alexander Calder, Canadian educator and politician, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence (b. 1868)
• 1959 » William D. Leahy, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (b. 1875)
• 1965 » Batukeshwar Dutt, Indian activist (b. 1910)
• 1968 » Bray Hammond, American historian and author (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Iain Macleod, English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1913)
• 1972 » Geeta Dutt, Indian singer and actress (b. 1930)

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 6 » National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami.
• April 21 » Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro.
• April 25 » The United States Navy submarine USSTriton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
• July 11 » France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina) and Niger.
• August 7 » Ivory Coast becomes independent from France.
• 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 July 20, 1960 was between 12.6 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.