About the day » Monday July 4, 1960Calender converter

• Benjamin Mathew Boissevain, Palo Alto
• Sandra Dianne Courtaway Woolsey, Festus Jeffe, Missouri († 1997)
• Jacob Moedt († 1994)
• Jacqueline Maria Croes, Kassel, Germany († 2023)
• Bernardus Hermanus Johannes (Bennie) Wubbels, Nieuw Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 2010)
• Roy Martinus Wilhelmus Martinus Breij, Hilversum († 2006)
• Sylvia sabine Westerweel, apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1973)
• Hendrika Godeke, Avereest († 1960)
• Bernardus Hermanus Johannes Wubbels, Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 2010)
• Guido BEX, Sint-Truiden (B) († 2014)

• (2) Elisabeth Brouwer (64), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Catharina Nicla Margaretha Wortelboer (65), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Barbara Joanna Depaep (58), Knokke, Knokke-Heist, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Adrianus Johannes Cornelis van Asperen (77), Utrecht
• Aafje van Delft (84)
• Arie Versteeg (70), Schiedam
• Chris Jan Leurink (52), Voorst
• Albert Antoine Loopuyt (86), Renkum, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adriana Johanna Maria Schenkels (74), Nijmegen
• Adrianus Bruggeman (58), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1957 » Rein Lang, Estonian politician and diplomat, 25th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1958 » Carl Valentine, English-Canadian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1958 » Kirk Pengilly, Australian guitarist, saxophonist, and songwriter
• 1958 » Vera Leth, Greenlandic Ombudsman
• 1959 » Victoria Abril, Spanish actress and singer
• 1960 » Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver († 1994)
• 1961 » Richard Garriott, English-American video game designer, created the Ultima series
• 1962 » Pam Shriver, American tennis player and sportscaster
• 1963 » Henri Leconte, French tennis player and sportscaster
• 1963 » Laureano Márquez, Spanish-Venezuelan political scientist and journalist

• 1949 » François Brandt, Dutch rower and engineer (b. 1874)
• 1963 » Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, New Zealand general and politician, 7th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1889)
• 1963 » Clyde Kennard, American activist and martyr (b. 1927)
• 1963 » Pingali Venkayya, Indian activist, designed the Flag of India (b. 1876)
• 1964 » Gaby Morlay, French actress and singer (b. 1893)
• 1969 » Henri Decoin, French director and screenwriter (b. 1890)
• 1970 » Barnett Newman, American painter and illustrator (b. 1905)
• 1970 » Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, American sailor and businessman (b. 1884)
• 1971 » August Derleth, American anthologist and author (b. 1909)
• 1971 » Thomas C. Hart, American admiral and politician (b. 1877)

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 21 » Avianca Flight 671 crashes at Montego Bay, Jamaica airport, killing 37 people.
• April 8 » The Netherlands and West Germany sign an agreement to negotiate the return of German land annexed by the Dutch in return for 280million German marks as Wiedergutmachung.
• April 19 » Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.
• June 19 » The first NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
• December 13 » While Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard seizes the capital and proclaims him deposed and his son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, Emperor.
• December 17 » Munich C-131 crash: Twenty passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground are killed.

The temperature on July 4, 1960 was between 5.1 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.