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• René Snoeren († 1971)
• Doris Krogman († 2021)
• Petra Jantje de Jong († 1995)
• Paul Tanis, Eindhoven († 1963)
• Annelies Eva Adrianne Boogert, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland († 2021)
• Marcos Antonio Macedo de Carvalho, Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brasil († 2022)
• Craig E Sanford, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington († 2007)
• Gijsbertus Adriaan van den Oever, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Tina IJpenburg, Amsterdam
• Dienka van den Dam, Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2008)

• Albertus Johannes Trompetter (80), Amsterdam
• Adriana de Nijs (79), Waalwijk
• Albertus Deiman- (44), Alkmaar, Nederland
• Aaltje de Groot (63), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje Vos (78), Rotterdam
• Adriana Louwers (87), Moergestel
• Aartje VOS (83), Well, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertus Deiman (44), Alkmaar, Nederland
• Anne Petersen (73), Groningen
• Albertus Johannes Trompetter (80), Amsterdam, Nederland

• 1956 » Jan Jakub Kolski, Polish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
• 1957 » Grażyna Miller, Italian journalist and poet
• 1957 » Philippe Dintrans, French rugby player
• 1957 » Ron Franscell, American author and journalist
• 1959 » Mike Foligno, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 » Gia Carangi, American supermodel († 1986)
• 1960 » Greg Louganis, American diver and author
• 1961 » Petra Thümer, German swimmer and photographer
• 1962 » Nicholas Turturro, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964 » John Anthony Gallagher, English-New Zealand rugby player

• 1948 » Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1880)
• 1956 » H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (b. 1880)
• 1959 » Winifred Brunton, South African painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1964 » Alan Ladd, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1969 » Allen Welsh Dulles, American banker, lawyer, and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1893)
• 1970 » B. H. Liddell Hart, French-English soldier, historian, and journalist (b. 1895)

• 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
• May 1 » Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.
• May 22 » The Great Chilean earthquake, measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, hits southern Chile, becoming the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
• July 1 » Ghana becomes a republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II ceases to be its head of state.
• September 24 » USSEnterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
• November 4 » At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Dr. Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.

The temperature on January 29, 1960 was between 3.1 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain during 9.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.