About the day » Monday September 26, 1960Calender converter

• Henriette Moes, Kerkenveld, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 2024)
• Djoeke Albertha Blanken, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Simon Joseph Kaandorp († 2007)
• Carla Brosius, Turnhout, Antwerpen, België († 1981)
• Jan Bernard Looman, Doetinchem († 1983)
• Naamloos Straathof, Noordwijkerhout († 1960)
• Johan Hemelop, Rotterdam
• Hetty Peters († 2000)
• Jean Paul Cyrille Gaston DEDONCKER, Hem... Hauts de France († 2020)
• John Blome, Vancouver, BC, Canada († 2010)

• Adriana Nouws (66), Nieuwenhagen
• Adriaantje Schreuder (72), Hensbroek
• Bartholomeus van Duin (69), Warmenhuizen
• Aris Bakker (67), Zijpe
• Charlotte Johanna Roest van Limburg (74), Velp
• Albert Jacob van de Kamp (45), Utrecht (NL)
• Christiaan Smienk (55), Zaandam
• Arnoldus Slegers (88), Diepenbeek, België
• Arend Hut (84), Midwolda, Groningen, Netherlands
• Berendien Alijda Uiterwijk (11), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1959 » Andrew Bolt, Australian journalist
• 1959 » Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian poet and translator († 2007)
• 1959 » Rich Gedman, American baseball player and coach
• 1959 » Trevor Dodds, Namibian golfer
• 1960 » Doug Supernaw, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1960 » Jouke de Vries, Dutch academic and politician
• 1960 » Uwe Bein, German footballer and manager
• 1961 » Cindy Herron, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1961 » Marianne Mikko, Estonian journalist and politician
• 1961 » Will Self, English novelist and journalist

• 1952 » George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (b. 1863)
• 1953 » Xu Beihong, Chinese painter and educator (b. 1895)
• 1954 » Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (b. 1868)
• 1957 » Arthur Powell Davies, American minister and author (b. 1902)
• 1959 » Leslie Morshead, Australian general (b. 1889)
• 1959 » S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1899)
• 1959 » Teodor Ussisoo, Estonian furniture designer and educator (b. 1878)
• 1965 » James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot (b. 1898)
• 1968 » Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin, Polish-Israeli neurologist and physician (b. 1902)
• 1968 » Daniel Johnson, Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec (b. 1915)

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 14 » The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority, is established.
• April 13 » The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
• May 13 » Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
• July 28 » The German Volkswagen Act came into force.
• November 9 » Robert McNamara is named president of Ford Motor Company, the first non-Ford to serve in that post. A month later, he resigned to join the administration of newly elected John F. Kennedy.
• December 16 » A United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground.

The temperature on September 26, 1960 was between 5.0 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.