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• Rita de Cassia Pereira, São Luis de Montes Belos, GO, Brazilië († 1960)
• Christopher Columbus Lindsey Jenkins, Loudoun County Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Johannes Antonie van der Linde, Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng († 1985)
• Johannes Theodorus Maria HAAGEN, Klarenbeek († 1983)
• Kenneth James ENNISS († 1973)
• Paul J. Poulin, V.S
• Danny Everaert, Zele (België) († 2001)
• Jantje Bremer, De Kiel (Sleen) († 2013)
• Margo Wilhelmine Hubertine Leontine Cruts, Schimmert
• Gordon Kelly Dewan, North Battleford Saskatchewan († 1985)

• Alida Petronella Krul (72), Heemstede
• Alida Soek (84), Rotterdam
• Anna Barbara Franssen (78), Neerpelt
• Charles Louis De Baerdemaeker (86), Overslag, Wachtebeke, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Antonius van Rooij (66)
• Alida Petronela Krul (72), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Bonte (71), Rotterdam
• Antje Weppelman (78), Veenendaal, Nederland
• Arij Keur (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carlos Arturo Alvarez Sanchez (65), Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia

• 1957 » Jeffrey Daniel, American singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1957 » Stephen Fry, English actor, journalist, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 » Chris Offutt, American author and academic
• 1958 » Steve Guttenberg, American actor and producer
• 1959 » Meg Munn, English social worker and politician
• 1960 » Cal Ripken, Jr., American baseball player and coach
• 1961 » Jared Harris, English actor
• 1962 » Emile Roemer, Dutch educator and politician
• 1962 » Major Garrett, American journalist and author
• 1963 » Hideo Kojima, Japanese director, screenwriter, video game designer and video game producer

• 1943 » Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1943 » Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge, 48th United States Attorney General (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th President of Brazil (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
• 1958 » Paul Henry, Irish painter and educator (b. 1876)
• 1967 » Henry J. Kaiser, American businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards and Kaiser Aluminum (b. 1882)
• 1974 » Alexander P. de Seversky, Russian-American pilot and businessman, co-founded Republic Aviation (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Buddy O'Connor, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916)
• 1978 » Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor (b. 1910)

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.
• 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 26 » Forced out by the April Revolution, President of South Korea Syngman Rhee resigns after 12 years of dictatorial rule.
• June 20 » The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
• August 11 » Chad declares independence.
• September 14 » The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
• September 22 » The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.

The temperature on August 24, 1960 was between 14.9 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.