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• Gijsbertus Adriaan van den Oever, Katwijk († 2004)
• Dirk René Wittoeck, Maldegem († 1994)
• Ghislain Jozef Valentin Ketelslegers, Wintershoven, Kortessem, Limburg, België († 1978)
• Guy Arlin van Roekel, Nobles County, Minnesota, VS († 2000)
• Gijsbertus Adriaan van den Oever, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Jopie Feskens, Breda († 1996)
• anna maria martina (annemie) thijssen, helden-dorp
• Ronald Augustinus Johannes Freijzer, Breda
• Petra Jantje de Jong († 1995)
• Dienka van den Dam, Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2008)

• Aafje Jacoba Verhulst (72), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albertus Johannes Trompetter (80), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Albertus Deiman (44), Alkmaar
• Anthonie Adriaan Baggerman (85), Terneuzen
• Antje Adam (89), Midwolda (gem. Oldambt)
• Anna Maria Silkens (70), Utrecht
• Arend de Vogel (84), Dedemsvaart, Nederland
• Anna Maria Cornelia Silkens (70), Utrecht
• Adrianus Anthonius WINDEN,VAN (60), Hilversum,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Berends de Jong (88), Smallingerland, FR, 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)

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 24 » Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police.
• 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 11 » Chad declares independence.
• September 10 » At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet.
• November 8 » John F. Kennedy is elected as the 35th President of the United States.
• December 15 » King Mahendra of Nepal suspends the country's constitution, dissolves parliament, dismisses the cabinet, and imposes direct rule.

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.