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• Elisabeth Maria Sophia Aloysia Walburge van Waldburg-Zeil-Lustenau-Hohenems, Hohenems, Vorarlberg, Oostenrijk († 1966)
• Albert Hoffschlag, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Johannes Hubertus Maria MEERTS, Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands († 1999)
• Anco van der Lans, Lisse († 2016)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van der Lans, Lisse († 2016)
• Nn Schimmel († 1960)
• Willem Arie van Ooijen, Nieuwland, zh.nld († 1994)
• Jan Jelle Hondema, Krommenie, Nederland
• Antonius Henricus Francois de Bruijn, Bergen op Zoom
• Johannes Hubertus Maria MEERTS, Roermond († 1999)

• Arie Kersbergen (50), Nederhorst den Berg
• Aaltje Haringa (80)
• Ada Scholten (55), Arnhem
• Ada Scholten (55), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Allegonda Adriana Maria van Woensel (4), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Bernardus Onstein (72), Doetinchem
• Bernardus Hendrikus Oswaldus Stienezen (55), Doetinchem, Nederland
• Adriana Poldervaart (68), Haarlemmermeer
• Aaltien Bergman (89), Avereest
• Adriana Steenhard (83), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1956 » Peter Schilling, German singer-songwriter
• 1956 » Richard Danielpour, American composer and educator
• 1957 » Frank Skinner, English comedian, actor, and author
• 1957 » Mark Napier, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1957 » Nick Price, Zimbabwean-South African golfer
• 1959 » Frank Darabont, American director and producer
• 1960 » Loren Legarda, Filipino journalist and politician
• 1961 » Normand Rochefort, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1962 » Sam Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964 » David Lawrence, English cricketer

• 1949 » Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b. 1908)
• 1950 » Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1883)
• 1953 » James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)
• 1953 » Neyzen Tevfik, Turkish philosopher and poet (b. 1879)
• 1959 » Walter Beall, American baseball player (b. 1899)
• 1960 » Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist (b. 1891)
• 1963 » Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Maxime Weygand, Belgian-French general (b. 1867)
• 1965 » Tich Freeman, English cricketer (b. 1888)
• 1971 » Donald Winnicott, English paediatrician and psychoanalyst (b. 1896)

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.
• January 1 » Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.
• April 1 » The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
• May 3 » The Off-Broadway musical comedy The Fantasticks opens in New York City's Greenwich Village, eventually becoming the longest-running musical of all time.
• June 25 » Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.
• September 24 » USSEnterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
• December 3 » The musical Camelot debuts at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. It will become associated with the Kennedy administration.

The temperature on January 28, 1960 was between 5.2 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.