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• Arie Slingerland, Gemeente Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland († 1979)
• Robert van der Vliet, Willemstad (Curaçao) († 1960)
• Lori Aukes, Buffalo Center, Winnebago County, Iowa († 1996)
• N.N. van der Leer, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Johnny Lee Todd, Antlers, Pushmataha, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Hilbrand Albertus Veltink († 2016)
• Johanna Antonia Manders, Stiphout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2003)
• Jentje Jacobs Feenstra, Winsum, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1985)
• Karla Maxine Schoeneman, Windom, Cottonwood County, Minnesota († 1960)
• Doodgeboren kind Siemons, Breda († 1960)

• Agnes Hulda Wilkowske (81), Battle Lake, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States
• Angelus Aimé Ronsse (79), Leupegem
• Adrianus de Bruijn (30), Rotterdam
• Adriana Parlevliet (90), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Lievense (71), Westkapelle
• Adolf Friedrich Kelle (65), Lage, Lippe, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Alida Bernardina Rupert (73), Purmerend
• Barbara Maria de Boer (84), Groningen
• adrianus johannes leonardus spruijt (65), rotterdam
• adrianus van der WILT (86), numansdorp

• 1955 » Curtis Strange, American golfer and sportscaster
• 1955 » John Baldacci, American politician, 73rd Governor of Maine
• 1955 » Tom Izzo, American basketball player and coach
• 1957 » Payne Stewart, American golfer († 1999)
• 1958 » Derek White, Scottish rugby player
• 1959 » Cynthia Carter, Welsh journalist, author, and academic
• 1959 » Jody Watley, American entertainer
• 1959 » Steve Folkes, Australian rugby league player and coach († 2018)
• 1962 » Abdullah II of Jordan
• 1964 » Otis Smith, American basketball player, coach, and manager

• 1948 » Arthur Coningham, Australian air marshal (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule (b. 1869)
• 1951 » Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Ernst Heinkel, German engineer and businessman; founded the Heinkel Aircraft Company (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Jean Crotti, Swiss painter (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician and engineer (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (b. 1899)
• 1966 » Jaan Hargel, Estonian flute player, conductor, and educator (b. 1912)
• 1968 » Makhanlal Chaturvedi, Indian poet, playwright, and journalist (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Dominique Pire, Belgian friar, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)

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. Karin
14. Marianne
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 28 » The National Football League announced expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for 1961 NFL season.
• February 29 » The 5.7M_w  Agadir earthquake shakes coastal Morocco with a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme), destroying Agadir, and leaving 12,000 dead and another 12,000 injured.
• April 15 » At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
• July 21 » Sirimavo Bandaranaike is elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, becoming the world's first female head of government
• August 9 » South Kasai secedes from the Congo.
• August 15 » Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.

The temperature on January 30, 1960 was between -0.2 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 18.5 mm of rain during 23.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.