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• Johanna Maria Melinda van Leenen († 2005)
• Rudi VEN, Schoten († 1976)
• Anita Fokker, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 2015)
• Marijke Wagenborg († 1988)
• Wim Tol († 2014)
• Albertus koorneef, de lier Hoofdstraat 144 († 2001)
• Ronald Jacobus Roos, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Jacqueline Alexandra de Vries, Utrecht († 2008)
• Sheryl Renee Snyder, La Grande, Union, Oregon, Verenigde Staten († 2010)

• Arnolda Hendrika Geertruij Mast (81), Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Antonetta Cornelia Maria Schimmel (27), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Aartje Neeltje Beerdsen (90), .......
• Antonetta Lucretia Post (78), Rotterdam
• Antonetta Cornelia Maria Schimmel (27), Tilburg
• Afien Hendriks Ridder (81), Peize
• Alida Cornelia Onink (82), Zoelen
• Adriana Alberdina Theesing (60), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoinetta Willems (71), Laren
• Barend Blom (32)

• 1958 » Dave Henderson, American baseball player and sportscaster († 2015)
• 1959 » Gene Miles, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1959 » Paul Vautin, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1959 » Reha Muhtar, Turkish journalist
• 1960 » Amar Singh Chamkila, Indian singer-songwriter († 1988)
• 1960 » Fritz Walter, German footballer
• 1960 » Veselin Matić, Serbian basketball player and coach
• 1961 » Jim Martin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 » Morris Iemma, Australian politician, 40th Premier of New South Wales
• 1962 » Victor Adebowale, Baron Adebowale, English businessman

• 1948 » Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1904)
• 1952 » Pedro Lascuráin, Mexican politician, president for 45 minutes on February 13, 1913. (b. 1856)
• 1966 » Philipp Frank, Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, Vienna Circle member (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Albert Lutuli, South African academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
• 1967 » Basil Rathbone, South African-American actor and singer (b. 1892)
• 1967 » Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1907)
• 1968 » Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1878)
• 1970 » Bob Kalsu, American football player and lieutenant (b. 1945)
• 1970 » Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)
• 1972 » Ralph Craig, American sprinter and sailor (b. 1889)

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.
• January 19 » Japan and the United States sign the US–Japan Mutual Security Treaty
• March 21 » Apartheid: Sharpeville massacre, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.
• July 28 » The German Volkswagen Act came into force.
• October 12 » Japan Socialist Party leader Inejiro Asanuma is stabbed to death during a live Television broadcast.
• November 25 » The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated.
• December 15 » Richard Pavlick is arrested for plotting to assassinate U.S. President-Elect John F. Kennedy.

The temperature on July 21, 1960 was between 10.2 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.