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• Albert van Wakeren († 1983)
• Wilhelm August Christiaan Schaftenaar, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1987)
• Thierry Gros († 2001)
• Trudy Kalis, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Nn Pik, Den Haag
• Leona Shayne Thiele († 1963)
• Frederik Antoine van Gelderen, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1962)
• Julia Maria Johanna Aerts, Baarle-Nassau
• Sarine Kullberg, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Eelco Groenewegen, Gouda, ZUI, Nederland († 1996)

• Anna Christina Maas (80), Leiden (ZH NL)
• Anna Maria Judith Heijen (82), Urmond
• Carolus Dominicus Mittemeijer (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Lambertus Reinirus Giesen (92)
• Bessie Lee Greer (82), Conroe, Montgomery, Texas, United States
• Alois Franz van Oostenrijk (53), Siershahn, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• "Alois" Franz Joseph Johann Maria Ignatius von Meran (53)
• Anna Christina Maas (80), Leiden
• Alois Franz Joseph Johann Maria Ignatius von Österreich (53), Siershahn, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Alois Franz Joseph Johann Maria Ignatius VON MERAN (53), Siershahn, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

• 1959 » Chris O'Sullivan, Australian rugby league player
• 1959 » Elizabeth Peña, American actress († 2014)
• 1959 » Frank Cottrell-Boyce, English author and screenwriter
• 1959 » Hans Nijman, Dutch mixed martial artist and wrestler († 2014)
• 1959 » Jason Alexander, American actor, singer, and voice artist
• 1959 » Karen Pierce, English diplomat
• 1959 » Martin Page, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
• 1960 » Kurt Beyer, American wrestler
• 1960 » Luis Moya, Spanish race car driver
• 1961 » Chi McBride, American actor

• 1943 » Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and critic (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (b. 1876)
• 1967 » Stanislaus Zbyszko, Polish wrestler and strongman (b. 1879)
• 1968 » Pio of Pietrelcina, Italian priest and saint (b. 1887)
• 1971 » James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1974 » Cliff Arquette, American actor and comedian (b. 1905)
• 1974 » Robbie McIntosh, Scottish drummer (b. 1950)

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. Johan
16. Hans

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 23 » The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797ft) in the Pacific Ocean.
• January 24 » Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police.
• March 5 » Indonesian President Sukarno dismissed the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR), 1955 democratically elected parliament, and replaced with DPR-GR, the parliament of his own selected members.
• 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.
• August 12 » Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
• November 28 » Mauritania becomes independent of France.

The temperature on September 23, 1960 was between 12.2 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.