About the day » Saturday July 2, 1960Calender converter

• Veer, Hoogkarspel
• Sarah Ann Munsell († 1998)
• Iebele Visser, Heerenveen († 1965)
• Terry Lee Feekes, Hudson, South Dakota († 2022)
• Nathalie Marie Jeannette (Nathalie) van Iersel, Maastricht
• Richard de Vos, Den Helder († 1995)
• Levenloos Beneker, Den Helder († 1960)
• Timothy N Todd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• engelbert (bert) beeren, helden-dorp
• Yme Tjitzes van der Valk, Oosterend, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2008)

• Bernard Hassink (82), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alfonso Scholl (82), Stuttgart, Germany
• Albert Simon de Bats (67), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia van Laar (72), Oudenrijn
• Arie Sterkman (63), Maastricht
• Barend Cornelis Borkus (74), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bouricius ( Johannes Josephus) van Borssum Waalkes (66), Falkenberg ( Zweden)
• Antonius Johannes Lansdaal (71), Haarlem
• Cornelia van der Meide (89), Amerongen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje van den Berg (76)

• 1956 » Jerry Hall, American model and actress
• 1957 » Bret Hart, Canadian wrestler
• 1957 » Jüri Raidla, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Justice
• 1957 » Purvis Short, American basketball player
• 1958 » Pavan Malhotra, Indian actor
• 1960 » Maria Lourdes Sereno, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 24th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
• 1961 » Clark Kellogg, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1962 » Neil Williams, English cricketer († 2006)
• 1964 » Jose Canseco, Cuban-American baseball player and mixed martial artist
• 1964 » Ozzie Canseco, Cuban-American baseball player, coach, and manager

• 1950 » Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1872)
• 1955 » Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1963 » Alicia Patterson, American publisher, co-founded Newsday (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1929)
• 1966 » Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet and author (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Jessie Street, Australian suffragette and feminist (b. 1889)
• 1972 » Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious leader, 10th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876)
• 1973 » Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1916)
• 1973 » George McBride, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)

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.
• February 13 » With the success of a nuclear test codenamed "Gerboise Bleue", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons.
• February 29 » The 5.7M_w  Agadir earthquake shakes coastal Morocco with a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme), destroying Agadir, and leaving 12,000 dead and another 12,000 injured.
• March 21 » Apartheid: Sharpeville massacre, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.
• April 19 » Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.
• October 1 » Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• December 14 » Convention against Discrimination in Education of UNESCO is adopted.

The temperature on July 2, 1960 was between 8.4 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.