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• René de Waal, Soest († 2014)
• Mariianne Kouseband, Amsterdam
• René Dammen, Amsterdam († 1960)
• Elisabeth Hulleberg, Hamar Sykehus († 2010)
• Aaltje Kramer († 2010)
• James Deprest († 1960)
• Hendrica van Adrichem, Amsterdam († 2011)
• Gijsbert Pieter de Beurs
• Roeland Jacob Krook, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1961)
• Gijsbertje Smink, Harderwijk († 2004)

• Ruurd Gerbens Slottje (89), Amsterdam
• Bernardus Adrianus Alphonsus van der Knaap (79), Breda
• Aaltje Dekker (77), Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Adrianus Jacobus Pelser (76), Groesbeek, Gld.NL
• Adrianus in 't Groen (85), Dongen
• Augustinus Johannes (Auguste) Vermylen (89), Mortsel
• Arie Willem Willems (68), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Willem Bakker (70), Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Hendriks (83), Groesbeek,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Carolina Huijgens (78), Bussum

• 1957 » Phil Barney, Algerian-French singer-songwriter
• 1958 » Michel Marc Bouchard, Canadian playwright
• 1961 » Abraham Iyambo, Namibian politician († 2013)
• 1961 » Lauren Lane, American actress and academic
• 1962 » Andy Fordham, English darts player
• 1962 » Kate Raison, Australian actress
• 1962 » Michael T. Weiss, American actor
• 1962 » Paul Kilgus, American baseball player
• 1962 » Philippe Claudel, French author, director, and screenwriter
• 1963 » Eva Cassidy, American singer and guitarist († 1996)

• 1952 » Callistratus of Georgia, Georgian patriarch (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Hella Wuolijoki, Estonian-Finnish author and politician (b. 1886)
• 1956 » Charley Grapewin, American actor (b. 1869)
• 1956 » Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (b. 1876)
• 1956 » Truxtun Hare, American football player and hammer thrower (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1890)
• 1962 » Shlomo Hestrin, Canadian-Israeli biochemist and academic (b. 1914)
• 1966 » Hacı Ömer Sabancı, Turkish businessman (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Tullio Serafin, Italian conductor and director (b. 1878)
• 1969 » Boris Karloff, English actor (b. 1887)

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.
• 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.
• July 11 » To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States.
• August 12 » Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
• September 22 » The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.
• November 3 » The land that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was established by an Act of Congress after a year-long legal battle that pitted local residents against Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials wishing to turn the Great Swamp into a major regional airport for jet aircraft.

The temperature on February 2, 1960 was between 0.9 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.