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• Vivian Zweers († 2013)
• Ivonne Antoinette Maria Boswerger, Geesteren († 1960)
• James, Robert Campbell († 1960)
• Jeroen Onno Franssen, Den Haag († 1977)
• Theo de Munnik, ......... († 2020)
• Maria Francisca Nicolasina Theodor van Roosmalen, Geffen († 1983)
• Marion van Roosmalen, Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1983)
• Cheryl Anne Huggett, Patuxent, Maryland, United States († 2003)
• Jeroen Onno Franssen, Den Haag, ·Äôs-Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1977)

• Alida Albertina Zeegers (78), Egmond aan Zee
• Cornelia van Pelt (76), Ridderkerk
• Anna Maria van Zevenhuyzen (69), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius van Rosmalen (51), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries Brans (71), Veelerveen
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Bernardus Maria Petrus Dingenouts (7), Oudenbosch
• Cornelis Verschoor (56), Arnhem
• Coenraad Neijssel (46), Amsterdam
• Andreas Hubertus Beeks (80), Venlo
• Andreas Hubertus Beeks (80), Venlo,, Limburg, Nederland

• 1958 » Roddy Doyle, Irish novelist, playwright, and screenwriter
• 1959 » David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland, English politician
• 1959 » Ikue Sakakibara, Japanese actress and singer
• 1959 » Ronnie Lott, American football player and sportscaster
• 1960 » Eric Brittingham, American bass player
• 1960 » Franco Baresi, Italian footballer and coach
• 1961 » Bill de Blasio, American politician, 109th Mayor of New York City
• 1961 » David Winning, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 » Gert Kruys, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1961 » Vallo Reimaa, Estonian academic and politician

• 1947 » Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges (b. 1858)
• 1948 » U Saw, Burmese politician, Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Vital Brazil, Brazilian physician and immunologist (b. 1865)
• 1952 » William Fox, Austrian businessman, founded Fox Theatres (b. 1879)
• 1959 » John Fraser, Canadian soccer player (b. 1881)
• 1960 » J. H. C. Whitehead, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1904)
• 1965 » Wally Hardinge, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Remington Kellogg, American zoologist and paleontologist (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Beatrice Helen Worsley, Mexican-Canadian computer scientist (b. 1921)
• 1972 » Pandurang Vaman Kane, Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, Bharat Ratna awardee (b. 1880)

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 9 » The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.
• July 1 » Ghana becomes a republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II ceases to be its head of state.
• August 1 » Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
• August 5 » Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.
• August 13 » The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
• 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 May 8, 1960 was between 10.8 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (83%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.