About the day » Sunday May 1, 1960Calender converter

• Doodgeboren Kind Zwart, Utrecht († 1960)
• Klaas KOOYSTRA, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Roelof Harm (Rudie) Smit, Amen († 2017)
• Henny Meulenbelt († 2003)
• Erna Emca Broekema, Delfzijl († 1973)
• J.P. Erdkamp, Roermond († 1960)
• Zuidhof, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland († 1960)
• Renier PRETORIUS († 1986)
• Patrick Huybrechts, Herk-de-Stad, België († 2017)
• Eric Tankink

• Antonia Johanna Maria Takes (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Barteld Wolf (61), Drouwen, Nederland
• Bartholomeus Otten (80), IJsselmuiden
• Aantje AANEN (87), Giessenburg
• Adriaan Frans de Koning (83), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Maria Lodewijk Joseph Alexander Peter Julius Jankovich van Bésán, Pribér-Vuchin en Duna-Szekcsö (1), Bunia, Congo
• Alethea Quintin ALLISON (66), Edgware London England U.K
• "Tjitske Lieuwes" Boskma (82), Garijp
• Antonet van Kaathoven (80), Schijndel
• Catharina Slot (67), Hoogeveen

• 1957 » Rick Darling, Australian cricketer
• 1959 » Lawrence Seeff, South African cricketer and basket weaver
• 1959 » Yasmina Reza, French actress and playwright
• 1960 » Steve Cauthen, American jockey and sportscaster
• 1961 » Clint Malarchuk, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1961 » Marilyn Milian, American judge
• 1961 » Sultan Günal-Gezer, Dutch politician
• 1961 » Vasiliy Sidorenko, Russian hammer thrower
• 1962 » Maia Morgenstern, Romanian actress
• 1962 » Ted Sundquist, American football player, coach, and manager

• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1953 » Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1876)
• 1956 » LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Spike Jones, American singer and bandleader (b. 1911)
• 1968 » Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (b. 1886)
• 1968 » Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1895)
• 1970 » Yi Un, Korean prince (b. 1897)
• 1973 » Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1914)

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.
• May 24 » Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt.
• June 25 » Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.
• July 20 » Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world's first elected female head of government.
• August 11 » Chad declares independence.
• November 4 » At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Dr. Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.
• December 3 » The musical Camelot debuts at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. It will become associated with the Kennedy administration.

The temperature on May 1, 1960 was between 3.2 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.