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• Antonio Carlos Luna, El Paso, El Paso, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Véronique d'ALCANTARA de QUERRIEU, Uccle, 21016, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique († 2022)
• Harmina Tuitman, Middelstum
• Raymond Maria Henricus van Eijck, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1995)
• Danny Lynn Nagel, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2019)
• Cor Grootjans, Sittard, Limburg, Nederland († 2012)
• Betty Ann Schwartz, Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa († 2003)
• Ellen Gerri Jochems, Cincinnati,us, Verenigde Staten
• Robert Cornelis Voogd, Overveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Hans de Beurs

• Cornelia Martina Capello (63), Kettleby Canada
• Anna Elisabeth Marie Schneider (85), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Kooijman (63), Ouder-Amstel
• Arnoldus Wenseslaus MEULEMAN (73), Gendringen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelia Petronella Jacobs (82), Zevenbergen
• Antonius Theodorus Maat (79), Den Haag
• Cornelia Elisabeth Pieternella Holtz (74), Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alex van Galen (0), Zaandam
• Agnes Henriette Emilie Spaltmann (62), Haarlem
• Alex Schut (21), Apeldoorn

• 1958 » Jesse Robredo, Filipino politician, 23rd Filipino Secretary of the Interior († 2012)
• 1958 » Neil Finn, New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician
• 1958 » Nick Anstee, English accountant and politician, 682nd Lord Mayor of London
• 1960 » Gaston Therrien, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1961 » José Luíz Barbosa, Brazilian runner and coach
• 1961 » Peri Gilpin, American actress
• 1962 » Anthony A. Hyman, Israeli-English biologist and academic
• 1962 » Marcelino Bernal, Mexican footballer
• 1962 » Ray Borner, Australian basketball player
• 1962 » Steven Brill, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1949 » Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! (b. 1890)
• 1953 » Jesse Burkett, American baseball player and manager (b. 1868)
• 1960 » James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (b. 1912)
• 1964 » Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (b. 1889)
• 1967 » Ernst Niekisch, German academic and politician (b. 1889)
• 1967 » W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator (b. 1880)
• 1969 » Jeffrey Hunter, American actor and producer (b. 1926)
• 1971 » Armando Picchi, Italian footballer and coach (b. 1935)
• 1971 » Béla Juhos, Hungarian-Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1901)

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. Karin
14. Petronella
15. Marianne
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 28 » The National Football League announced expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for 1961 NFL season.
• April 21 » Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro.
• August 16 » Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• September 5 » Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.
• October 12 » Japan Socialist Party leader Inejiro Asanuma is stabbed to death during a live Television broadcast.
• December 17 » Troops loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia crush the coup that began December 13, returning power to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt.

The temperature on May 27, 1960 was between 10.0 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.