About the day » Friday April 1, 1960Calender converter

• Josephine Lynne Woeste, Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1962)
• Michael Peter Jozef Wierts, Leiden († 2009)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1960)
• Johannes Jonker, Nijkerk († 2009)
• Filip André Johan Lagast, Brugge († 1960)
• Christine Goossens, Asse, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 2006)
• N.N. van Wordragen, 's-Gravenhage († 1960)
• Christiaan De Schepper, Beveren (Oost-Vlaanderen) België-Belgium († 2018)
• Francina Johanna Haring, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Yvette Titia Rogge, Jacob van Lennepkade, Amsterdam,, Netherlands († 1999)

• Anna Maria Helena Claassen (62), Melick en Herkenbosch
• Aagje Cornelia van de Graaf (77), Sliedrecht
• Andries van der Valk (94), Hilversum, prov. Noord Holland
• Clara Roeleveld (85), Scheveningen
• Anna Maria Helena Claassen (62), Melick en Herkenbosch
• Christina Agatha Zonneveld (82), Noordwijk
• Antonius Francis Zeelen (69), Helmond
• Arend Klazes Pol (80), Hollandsche Veldt (Hoogeveen)
• Anna Sopar (63), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aris Bremer (61), Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• 1957 » David Gower, English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1958 » D. Boon, American singer and musician († 1985)
• 1959 » Helmuth Duckadam, Romanian footballer
• 1961 » Mark White, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 » Sergio Scariolo, Italian professional basketball head coach
• 1961 » Susan Boyle, Scottish singer
• 1962 » Chris Grayling, English journalist and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
• 1962 » Mark Shulman, American author
• 1962 » Phillip Schofield, English television host
• 1962 » Samboy Lim, Filipino basketball player and manager

• 1946 » Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (b. 1882)
• 1947 » George II, king of Greece (b. 1890)
• 1950 » Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (b. 1904)
• 1950 » Recep Peker, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1889)
• 1962 » Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain and businessman (b. 1910)
• 1965 » Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman (b. 1870)
• 1966 » Brian O'Nolan, Irish author (b. 1911)
• 1968 » Lev Landau, Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Max Ernst, German painter and sculptor (b. 1891)
• 1981 » Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai singer-songwriter and bandleader (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. 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.
• March 21 » Apartheid: Sharpeville massacre, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.
• April 1 » The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
• July 11 » To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States.
• August 16 » Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• October 29 » An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio.
• November 25 » The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated.

The temperature on April 1, 1960 was between 4.4 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.