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• Terry Scholts, Leuven, België († 2002)
• Lucas Jan (Luuk) Buitendijk, Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• Joke Vogelaar († 1982)
• Rudolf De Laat, Valkenswaard, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1960)
• Jakoba Wilhelmina Cevaal, Grijspkerke († 2018)
• Ingeborg Catharina Maria Koek, Leiden († 2020)
• Bernardina Gerarda (Diny) VROMEN, Elsloo (NL/LI) († 1979)
• Ron Posthumus († 1997)
• Wilhelmus Cornelis van der Slot, Leiden, ZUI, Nederland († 1960)
• Mirjam Kok

• Bernardus Johannes Schneiders (53), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Zwiers (73), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriaan de Roon (93), Tilburg
• Abraham Jacobus Hemmekan (49), Rijswijk
• Alexander van Harten (78), Amsterdam
• Berend Hendrik Stegeman (72), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arie Buur (77), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Antonia Hoffman (17), Amsterdam
• Constantinus Herrewegh (93), Nederland Zeeland Hulst
• Catharina Maria Pirovano (79), Beverwijk

• 1958 » Serge Blanco, Venezuelan-French rugby player and businessman
• 1958 » Stephen Cottrell, English bishop
• 1959 » Jessica Upshaw, American lawyer and politician († 2013)
• 1959 » Ralph Krueger, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 » Chris Whitley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2005)
• 1960 » Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanese politician, 3rd Secretary-General of Hezbollah
• 1960 » Vali Ionescu, Romanian long jumper
• 1961 » Kieran Crowley, New Zealand rugby player
• 1961 » Magnus Ilmjärv, Estonian historian and author
• 1962 » Dee Bradley Baker, American voice actor

• 1948 » Andrei Zhdanov, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1896)
• 1951 » Paul Demel, Czech actor (b. 1903)
• 1952 » Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Elsa Barker, American author and poet (b. 1869)
• 1963 » Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor (b. 1882)
• 1965 » E. E. Smith, American engineer and author (b. 1890)
• 1967 » Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian journalist and author (b. 1891)
• 1968 » John Hartle, English motorcycle racer (b. 1933)
• 1969 » Rocky Marciano, American boxer (b. 1923)
• 1973 » John Ford, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)

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. Johan
16. Hans

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.
• March 9 » Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis.
• May 11 » Adolf Eichmann is captured by the Mossad in Argentina.
• May 24 » Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt.
• September 24 » USSEnterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
• October 29 » An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio.

The temperature on August 31, 1960 was between 12.5 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.