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• Berend Bijlsma, Emmer-Compascuum, Drenthe, Nederland († 2013)
• Hilbert Zanting, Emmen († 2010)
• Ronald Ronny Dalebout, Rotterdam
• wilhelmus laurentius m.(wim) wijnhoven, baarlo
• Ruthan Delima Runciman, Chatham-Ontario-Canada († 2004)
• Martie Johanna Paulina Fluijt († 2001)
• Jean-claude Dumortier
• Rolf Werner Dreweck, St. Tönis, Deutschland († 2016)
• N.N. Hulst, Utrecht († 1960)
• Robbert Jan van Dijk, 's-Gravenhage († 2019)

• Albert Voerman (62), Dieren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aukina Arkema (65), Muntendam (gem. Midden-Groningen)
• Aaltje Jaspers (79), Edam
• Albertje Klazes Gorter (75), Doezum
• Anna Alegonda van der Pol (58), Breda
• Bertus van DONGEN (44), Dordrecht
• Hulst, Utrecht
• Barbertje Jans Bouma (59), oosternieland
• Aukiena Arkema (65), Muntendam,, Groningen, Nederland
• Arie van Hoften (78)

• 1958 » Andreas Carlgren, Swedish educator and politician, 8th Swedish Minister for the Environment
• 1958 » Kevin Bacon, American actor and musician
• 1958 » Tzipi Livni, Israeli lawyer and politician, 18th Justice Minister of Israel
• 1959 » Pauline Quirke, English actress
• 1960 » Mal Meninga, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1961 » Andrew Fletcher, English keyboard player
• 1961 » Ces Drilon, Filipino journalist
• 1961 » Karl Seglem, Norwegian saxophonist and record producer
• 1961 » Toby Keith, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1962 » Joan Osborne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1950 » Othmar Spann, Austrian sociologist, economist, and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1952 » August Alle, Estonian lawyer, author, and poet (b. 1890)
• 1956 » Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Thomas Sigismund Stribling, American lawyer and author (b. 1881)
• 1968 » Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player (b. 1882)
• 1971 » Kurt Reidemeister, German mathematician connected to the Vienna Circle (b. 1893)
• 1972 » Ghassan Kanafani, Palestinian writer and politician (b. 1936)
• 1973 » Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Education Minister of Israel (b. 1884)
• 1973 » Gene L. Coon, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1924)
• 1973 » Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer and coach (b. 1877)

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.
• February 1 » Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
• July 12 » Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.
• August 19 » Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants.
• October 29 » An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio.
• 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 17 » Munich C-131 crash: Twenty passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground are killed.

The temperature on July 8, 1960 was between 12.9 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 20.1 mm of rain during 7.8 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.