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• Jozef Elisabeth Marie Ubachs, Ulestraten († 2020)
• Berend Aldert Luttjeboer, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 1995)
• Wanda Lee Young, Marion Ohio († 2008)
• Johannes Bernardus Smeenk, Eibergen († 1961)
• Alex Borgdorff († 2023)
• Marten Wieringa († 2017)
• Adrianus Henricus Maria Oosterbosch, Vessem, Wintelre en Knegsel
• Ruth Jochems, Vianen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jonathan Paul Marcus, Holland, MI
• Hermanus Henrikus Muter, Emmen († 2021)

• Cassie Loueva Stahl (76), Waynesburg, Greene, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia Petronella van Winsen (68), Culemborg
• Alice Francesca Ernestine Caroline van Bardeau (89), Trient, Wallis, Zwitserl
• Alexander John Anderson (42), Daylesford, Australië
• Adriana Cornelia Kousmaker (80), Barendrecht
• Arend van der Laan (77), Linton, Emmons County, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Arnoldus Buijs (72), Bergen op Zoom
• Adriaan Grootenboer (43), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Hoogslag (78), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Hoogslag (78), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1954 » Konstantinos Kypriotis, Greek martial artist († 1995)
• 1955 » Mike Reno, Canadian singer and drummer
• 1955 » Spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer and coach
• 1957 » Nacho Duato, Spanish dancer and choreographer
• 1958 » Betsy DeVos, American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education
• 1958 » Rey Misterio, Sr., Mexican wrestler, trainer, and actor
• 1959 » Paul Hester, Australian drummer († 2005)
• 1960 » Dave Weckl, American drummer
• 1961 » Calvin Smith, American sprinter
• 1966 » Willie Anderson, American basketball player

• 1950 » Joseph Schumpeter, Czech-American economist and academic (b. 1883)
• 1952 » Antonia Maury, American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hugh Binney, English admiral and politician, 16th Governor of Tasmania (b. 1883)
• 1954 » Eduard Wiiralt, Estonian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1898)
• 1956 » Jim Elliot, American missionary and martyr (b. 1928)
• 1958 » Mary Colter, American architect, designed the Desert View Watchtower (b. 1869)
• 1961 » Schoolboy Rowe, American baseball player and coach (b. 1910)
• 1963 » Kay Sage, American painter (b. 1898)
• 1969 » Albert Hill, English runner and coach (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Elmar Kaljot, Estonian footballer and coach (b. 1901)

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.
• February 8 » Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issues an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name Mountbatten-Windsor.
• August 19 » Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants.
• September 2 » The first election of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration, in history of Tibet. The Tibetan community observes this date as Democracy Day.
• September 14 » Congo Crisis: With CIA help, Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.
• December 15 » King Mahendra of Nepal suspends the country's constitution, dissolves parliament, dismisses the cabinet, and imposes direct rule.
• 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 January 8, 1960 was between -1.3 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.