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• Debra Jo Hough, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, VS († 2015)
• Bernardus Marinus Maria (Benno) Masselink, Enschede, 7500, Nederland († 2016)
• Albertha Speijer, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Michel Patrice Antoine Deschaux, Den Helder († 2001)
• Peter Bassens, Brugge († 2024)
• Michel Charles Jules Ghislain Suët, Sint-Truiden, België († 1960)
• Bradley Dean Eisma († 1998)
• Bernardus Marinus Maria Masselink, Enschede († 2016)
• Pieter Hendrik Birkhoff, Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Jozef Maria (Jos) van Dijk, 's-Gravenhage

• Alje Riepma (81), Usquert
• Aaltje Mina Koning (48), Almelo
• Constantia Corea Lunan (73), Half Way Tree, Kingston, Jamaica
• Anna van Leeuwen (64), Monster
• Altje Minna Koning (48), Almelo
• Cornelia Adriana van der Made (71), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Cornelis Nicolaas Mastwijk (20), Vleuten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelis van der Velden (74), Breda
• Cornelis van der Ven (86), Tilburg
• Cornelia Hendrika van Lier, Rotterdam

• 1959 » Martin Kusch, German philosopher and academic
• 1959 » Nir Barkat, Israeli businessman and politician, Mayor of Jerusalem
• 1960 » Ayuo Takahashi, Japanese-American singer-songwriter
• 1960 » Dan Woodgate, English musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer
• 1960 » Dawn Coe-Jones, Canadian golfer († 2016)
• 1960 » Jennifer Holliday, American actress and singer
• 1960 » Susan Straight, American author and academic
• 1960 » Takeshi Koshida, Japanese footballer
• 1961 » Cliff Lyons, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1961 » Sunny Deol, Indian actor and producer

• 1950 » Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet and playwright (b. 1892)
• 1952 » Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Isham Jones, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1894)
• 1960 » George Wallace, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1895)
• 1961 » Şemsettin Günaltay, Turkish historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1883)
• 1964 » Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic (b. 1885)
• 1964 » Sergey Biryuzov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1904)
• 1965 » Edward Willis Redfield, American painter and educator (b. 1869)
• 1969 » Lacey Hearn, American sprinter (b. 1881)

• 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 19 » China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
• May 15 » The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 4.
• 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.
• October 19 » The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
• November 28 » Mauritania becomes independent of France.
• December 11 » French forces crack down in a violent clash with protesters in French Algeria during a visit by French President Charles de Gaulle.

The temperature on October 19, 1960 was between 5.9 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.