About the day » Monday October 3, 1960Calender converter

• Elke Theis, Neunkirchen, Duitsland († 1993)
• Teresinha Schlickmann, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1999)
• Elisabeth Anna Catharina Ruiter, Amsterdam
• Tonny Jan Postma, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 2003)
• Maria Elisabeth van der Horst, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• (Ruud) Rudolf Sjouke Johannes Lautenslager, Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Wilhelmus Johannes Baarslag, Dalfsen († 1971)
• Karen Bianca Denneboom, Velp († 2003)
• Richard Blank, Emmen († 1960)
• Joseph Charles Brooks, unbekannt († 1960)

• Antoon Pennings (73), Den Dungen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alberdina Meeuwsen (89), Millingen aan de Rijn
• Anna Lela (61), Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• "Gaston" Paul Louis Zeller (70), Paris
• Anna Gertrud Schopen (83), Waubach (L)
• Anna Mostert (69), Den Helder
• Aaltje Steenwijk (69), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Munnikes (77), Hilversum
• Amelia Anetta van den Berg (95), De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alix Karel van der Weg (79), Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1958 » Chen Yanyin, Chinese sculptor
• 1958 » Louise Lecavalier, Canadian dancer and choreographer
• 1959 » Craig Bellamy, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1959 » Fred Couples, American golfer
• 1959 » Greg Proops, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1959 » Jack Wagner, American actor and singer
• 1961 » Ludger Stühlmeyer, German cantor, composer, and musicologist
• 1961 » Rebecca Stephens, English journalist and mountaineer
• 1962 » Simon Scarrow, Nigerian-English novelist
• 1962 » Tommy Lee, Greek-American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer

• 1953 » Arnold Bax, English composer and poet (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (b. 1892)
• 1963 » Refet Bele, Turkish general (b. 1877)
• 1965 » Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1966 » Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896)
• 1967 » Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912)
• 1969 » Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1902)
• 1979 » Nicos Poulantzas, Greek-French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1936)
• 1980 » Friedrich Karm, Estonian footballer (b. 1907)

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 19 » Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.
• July 11 » Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• August 13 » The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
• August 19 » Cold War: In Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.
• September 26 » In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.

The temperature on October 3, 1960 was between 13.5 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.