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• johannes silvester theodoor (hans) peeters, helden-egchel
• Anja Johanna Tissink, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1995)
• Maria Estela Mendez Velazquez († 2016)
• Adrie A G M Cooijmans († 2023)
• Catherine Anna stam († 2007)
• Boudewyn Anton Maria (Boudewijn) VROEMEN, Arnhem (NL/GE) († 1992)
• Anja Johanna Tissink, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1995)
• Wim van Middelaar, Sterksel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1979)
• Johannes Hendrik Rorije, Epe († 2009)
• Paula Denise Landers, Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2008)

• Cornelia Antonia (Cor) (Corrie) van der Lubbe (42), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis (Cor) Offermans (61), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia van Ham (78), Dalfsen
• Andries de Laat (70), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berendina Kers (68), Woerden
• Alexander Mozes CUTZIEN (KRUKZIENER) (68), On Way to New Zealand on a Ship in Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Aukina Holtjer (40), Hakstede
• Cornelia Antonia (Cor) Catharina (Toos) van der Lubbe (42), Wassenaar, Nederland
• Berend H. Halbesma (55)
• Antonius Johannes Cornelis van den Oudenrijn (63), Schalkwijk, Gemeente Houten, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1959 » Andrzej Buncol, Polish footballer
• 1959 » Crin Antonescu, Romanian educator and politician, former Interim President of Romania
• 1959 » Danny Cox, English-American baseball player and coach
• 1959 » Dave Coulier, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 » David James Elliott, Canadian-American actor and director
• 1960 » Graham Southern, English art dealer and gallery owner
• 1960 » Kelley Eskridge, American author and screenwriter
• 1960 » Masoumeh Ebtekar, Iranian journalist, politician and scientist, first woman Vice President of Iran
• 1960 » Maurizio Cattelan, Italian sculptor
• 1960 » Musalia Mudavadi, Kenyan politician and Former Deputy Prime Minister

• 1953 » Necmettin Sadak, Turkish publisher and politician, 10th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Mikimoto Kōkichi, Japanese businessman (b. 1858)
• 1956 » Bill Struth, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Haakon VII of Norway (b. 1872)
• 1958 » Peter Whitehead, English race car driver (b. 1914)
• 1961 » Ed Oliver, American golfer (b. 1915)
• 1962 » Bo Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1892)
• 1963 » Paulino Masip, Spanish author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Josef Müller, Croatian entomologist (b. 1880)
• 1966 » Paul Reynaud, French lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of France (b. 1878)

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 6 » The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.
• January 23 » The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797ft) in the Pacific Ocean.
• March 21 » Apartheid: Sharpeville massacre, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.
• July 1 » Ghana becomes a republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II ceases to be its head of state.
• 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.
• December 13 » While Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard seizes the capital and proclaims him deposed and his son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, Emperor.

The temperature on September 21, 1960 was between 10.9 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.