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• Christianus Henricus Carolus Maria Seekles, Haastrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Freddy Sels, Lier, Antwerpen, Belgium († 2001)
• Johannes Hubertus Maria MEERTS, Roermond († 1999)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van der Lans, Lisse († 2016)
• Albert Hoffschlag, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Tojana Agatha Esche, Menado, Noord-Celebes, Indonesië († 1960)
• Willem Arie van Ooijen, Nieuwland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• Nn Schimmel († 1960)
• Steven Lloyd Weiland, Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa († 2021)
• Johannes Hubertus Maria MEERTS, Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands († 1999)

• Anna Catharina Somers (64), Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Annie Bowron (61), Northam, Western Australia, Australia
• Aaltje Haringa (80)
• Albert Teela (66), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Poldervaart (68), Haarlemmermeer
• Ada Scholten (55), Arnhem
• Andreas Slootjes (79), Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Kaulbach (90), Haarlem
• Aaltien Bergman (89), Avereest
• Jan Braamskamp (84), Zwartsluis

• 1956 » Peter Schilling, German singer-songwriter
• 1956 » Richard Danielpour, American composer and educator
• 1957 » Frank Skinner, English comedian, actor, and author
• 1957 » Mark Napier, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1957 » Nick Price, Zimbabwean-South African golfer
• 1959 » Frank Darabont, American director and producer
• 1960 » Loren Legarda, Filipino journalist and politician
• 1961 » Normand Rochefort, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1962 » Sam Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964 » David Lawrence, English cricketer

• 1949 » Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b. 1908)
• 1950 » Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1883)
• 1953 » James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)
• 1953 » Neyzen Tevfik, Turkish philosopher and poet (b. 1879)
• 1959 » Walter Beall, American baseball player (b. 1899)
• 1960 » Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist (b. 1891)
• 1963 » Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Maxime Weygand, Belgian-French general (b. 1867)
• 1965 » Tich Freeman, English cricketer (b. 1888)
• 1971 » Donald Winnicott, English paediatrician and psychoanalyst (b. 1896)

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 1 » Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.
• January 9 » President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opens construction on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile.
• February 26 » A New York-bound Alitalia airliner crashes into a cemetery in Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.
• July 28 » The German Volkswagen Act came into force.
• September 18 » Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations.
• November 14 » Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.

The temperature on January 28, 1960 was between 5.2 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.