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• Marry Jonkers († 2003)
• Jentje Jacobs Feenstra, Winsum, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1985)
• Hilbrand Albertus Veltink († 2016)
• Ada Ritzema, Groningen
• Johnny Lee Todd, Antlers, Pushmataha, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Jan Mulder, Elspeet (Ermelo) († 2020)
• Harmen Jan (Harry) Bakker, Nkana (ZA) († 2021)
• Bruin Schuttinga, Kuinre (N.O.P.), Neth
• Johnny Lee Todd ?****, Antlers, Pushmataha, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Fleur Botman, Reno,Nevada, Verenigde Staten

• Adrianus Johannes Leonardus Spruijt (65), Rotterdam
• Adriana Parlevliet (90), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus de Bruijn (30), Rotterdam
• Annie Louisa White (74), Yeovil, Somerset. England
• adrianus johannes leonardus spruijt (65), rotterdam
• alida bernadina rupert (73), purmerend
• Arthur Francis Hogan (62)
• Andries Baukes de Jong (79), Huizum, 8934, Nederland
• Aagje Burger (87), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Adolf Friedrich Kelle (65), Lage, Lippe, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

• 1955 » Curtis Strange, American golfer and sportscaster
• 1955 » John Baldacci, American politician, 73rd Governor of Maine
• 1955 » Tom Izzo, American basketball player and coach
• 1957 » Payne Stewart, American golfer († 1999)
• 1958 » Derek White, Scottish rugby player
• 1959 » Cynthia Carter, Welsh journalist, author, and academic
• 1959 » Jody Watley, American entertainer
• 1959 » Steve Folkes, Australian rugby league player and coach († 2018)
• 1962 » Abdullah II of Jordan
• 1964 » Otis Smith, American basketball player, coach, and manager

• 1948 » Arthur Coningham, Australian air marshal (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule (b. 1869)
• 1951 » Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Ernst Heinkel, German engineer and businessman; founded the Heinkel Aircraft Company (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Jean Crotti, Swiss painter (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician and engineer (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (b. 1899)
• 1966 » Jaan Hargel, Estonian flute player, conductor, and educator (b. 1912)
• 1968 » Makhanlal Chaturvedi, Indian poet, playwright, and journalist (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Dominique Pire, Belgian friar, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)

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.
• May 3 » The Anne Frank House museum opens in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• September 14 » Congo Crisis: With CIA help, Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.
• September 18 » Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations.
• December 11 » French forces crack down in a violent clash with protesters in French Algeria during a visit by French President Charles de Gaulle.
• December 14 » Convention against Discrimination in Education of UNESCO is adopted.
• December 16 » A United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground.

The temperature on January 30, 1960 was between -0.2 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 18.5 mm of rain during 23.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.