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• Nancy Lucille Green ****, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Maria LODEWIJKX, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, NEDERLAND († 1961)
• Jacob Nieuwenhuis, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1963)
• Marnix Van Autreve, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 2003)
• Jacob Nieuwenhuis, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1963)
• Ed de Koning, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoine Adriaan Maria (Twan) Willemse ongehuwd, Belfeld, Lim, Nederland († 2010)
• Adrianus Petrus Maria(Aad) van der Zalm, Noordwijk
• Jacoba Caroline van Buttingha Wichers, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1985)
• Geertruida Christina Ploeg, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Aafke EIGENBERG (81), Bedum
• Alphonse Leenen (84), Sint-Truiden, België
• Berend Eefting (60), Plaggenborg, Vlagtwedde
• Cornelia A. McKinney (80), Orange
• Arie Leendert van der Hoeven (63), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Christiaan Nieuwenhuize (63), Kapelle, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alida Vermeer (73), Rotterdam
• Antonie Reinier Kraaijeveld (76), Utrecht
• Auke Zwarteveen (69), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Clementius Hendrikus Plug (76), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1958 » Bryn Merrick, Welsh bass player († 2015)
• 1958 » Jeff Keith, American rock singer-songwriter
• 1958 » Maria de Fátima Silva de Sequeira Dias, Portuguese historian, author, and academic († 2013)
• 1958 » Steve Austria, American lawyer and politician
• 1959 » Anna Escobedo Cabral, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Treasurer of the United States
• 1960 » Carlo Perrone, Italian footballer and manager
• 1960 » Dorothee Vieth, German Paralympic cyclist
• 1960 » Steve Lowery, American golfer
• 1961 » Chendo, Spanish footballer
• 1962 » Carlos Bernard, American actor and director

• 1954 » George Welch, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1956 » Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer and painter (b. 1872)
• 1957 » Arie de Jong, Indonesian-Dutch linguist and physician (b. 1865)
• 1958 » Gordon Griffith, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
• 1960 » Inejiro Asanuma, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1898)
• 1964 » John Watkins, Canadian diplomat (b. 1902)
• 1965 » Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1967 » Ram Manohar Lohia, Indian activist and politician (b. 1910)
• 1969 » Serge Poliakoff, Russian-French painter and academic (b. 1906)
• 1969 » Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater and actress (b. 1912)

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 21 » Avianca Flight 671 crashes at Montego Bay, Jamaica airport, killing 37 people.
• January 25 » The National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the "payola" scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accept money for playing particular records.
• March 4 » The French freighter La Coubre explodes in Havana, Cuba, killing 100.
• April 25 » The United States Navy submarine USSTriton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
• September 8 » In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1).
• December 1 » Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested (and later deported) from Hamburg, West Germany, after accusations of attempted arson.

The temperature on October 12, 1960 was between 7.8 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 55.9 mm of rain during 15.9 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.