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• John van Nimwegen, Utrecht
• Benedict Juliaan Jozef Michiels, Bornem († 1969)
• Brigitte Tiethia van Zanten, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• antonius henricus johannes (ton) joosten, helden-grashoek
• Karin Cecile Osenga, 's Gravenhage († 2012)
• Kaijen Mathe, Breda († 2013)
• Elze Roelf Schollema, Winsum
• Peter Wesep, Van, Amsterdam († 1986)
• Leticia Guzman, Brownfield, Terry, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Marilyn LaVon Kortleever († 2022)

• Bernard Theodor Johannes Anth. Rillmann (72), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertha Strauss (75), Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Adriana Vorstenbosch (73), eindhoven
• Bouktje Beereboom (80), Zoutkamp, Zuidhorn, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Margaretha Berendina Rijsdijk (37), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bouktje Beereboom (80)
• adriana jantje vorstenbosch (73), eindhoven
• Adrianus Jacobus Willemen (85), Tilburg
• Adrianus Dekkers (81), Vught
• Aart Hamstra (69), Harderwijk

• 1958 » Frank Ullrich, German biathlete
• 1958 » Jools Holland, English singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1958 » Kim Eui-kon, Korean wrestler
• 1959 » Akira Maeda, Japanese wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor
• 1959 » Michel Preud'homme, Belgian footballer and manager
• 1961 » Christa Kinshofer, German ski racer
• 1961 » Guido Buchwald, German footballer and manager
• 1961 » Jorge Barrios, Uruguayan footballer
• 1961 » Nastassja Kinski, German-American actress and producer
• 1961 » William Van Dijck, Belgian runner

• 1960 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 » Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Turkish author, poet, and scholar (b. 1901)
• 1962 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Stanley Lord, English naval captain (b. 1877)
• 1965 » Winston Churchill, English colonel and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1966 » Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist and academic (b. 1909)
• 1970 » Caresse Crosby, American fashion designer and publisher, co-founded the Black Sun Press (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Bill W., American activist, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1895)
• 1973 » J. Carrol Naish, American actor (b. 1896)

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.
• February 13 » Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee.
• February 16 » The U.S. Navy submarine USSTriton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
• May 23 » A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile the previous day kills 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii.
• June 20 » The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
• July 28 » The German Volkswagen Act came into force.
• December 11 » French forces crack down in a violent clash with protesters in French Algeria during a visit by French President Charles de Gaulle.

The temperature on January 24, 1960 was between 9.2 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.