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• Jeanne Theodora Debreil, Aire-sur-La-Lys, France († 1961)
• Janna Koerts, Beilen († 1967)
• Carin van der Broeck, Maastricht († 1960)
• N.N. van der Veur, Groningen († 1960)
• Cornelia Guijt, Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Johan van der Meer, De Lier, Nederland († 2016)
• Franciscus Maria Cornelis van Baast, Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1970)
• Josepha VOSSEN, Tongeren,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgie († 2019)
• ?? van der Veur, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1960)
• Xiomara "Mara" Croes, Aruba

• Albert Gerrits Ras (88), Urk
• Aaltje Hesselman (81), Edam
• Siebren Feenstra (71), Joure
• Alida Bouwina Hajema (90), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Ras (88), Urk, Gemeente Urk, Flevoland, Nederland
• Atje Jans Holwerda (86), Leeuwarden
• Albert RAS (88), Urk, Flevoland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Maria Josephina Dalmeijer (83), Rotterdam,-
• Alberta Johanna Kreuger (66)
• Alberta Johanna Kreuger (66), Amsterdam

• 1957 » Road Warrior Hawk, American wrestler († 2003)
• 1958 » Anita Baker, American singer-songwriter
• 1958 » Ellen DeGeneres, American comedian, actress, and talk show host
• 1961 » Tom Keifer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 » Wayne Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1962 » Guo Jian, Chinese-Australian painter, sculptor, and photographer
• 1962 » Oscar Ruggeri, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1962 » Tim May, Australian cricketer
• 1963 » José Mourinho, Portuguese footballer and manager
• 1963 » Simon O'Donnell, Australian footballer, cricketer, and sportscaster

• 1947 » Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (b. 1898)
• 1948 » Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1876)
• 1948 » John Lomax, American musicologist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1948 » Kâzım Karabekir, Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1882)
• 1952 » Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Mongolian general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1895)
• 1953 » Athanase David, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Helene Costello, American actress (b. 1906)
• 1962 » Lucky Luciano, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1897)
• 1968 » Merrill C. Meigs, American publisher (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Edward G. Robinson, Romanian-American actor (b. 1893)

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 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.
• June 23 » The United States Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world.
• July 1 » Ghana becomes a republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II ceases to be its head of state.
• August 19 » Cold War: In Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.
• October 1 » Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• December 3 » The musical Camelot debuts at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. It will become associated with the Kennedy administration.

The temperature on January 26, 1960 was between 1.9 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??.