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• Bradley Dean Smith
• Alice, Kampen
• Johannes Jacobus van der Steen († 1981)
• Ad Schepers, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2013)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1960)
• Roel Peter Eissens, Rotterdam († 2002)
• Adriana Maria ANGEVARE, Voorhout, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Rompelman, Almelo († 1960)
• Martin Hulshof († 2012)
• Catharina Alberta Maria Huisman, Huissen

• Adrianus van Duiven (89), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• "Gisela" Huberta Valentine Maria von Mitschke-Collande (45), Nöttingen, Remchingen, Allemagne
• Charles Porter Hochstadter (61), Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Catharina de Krom (64), Hoogeloon, Netherlands
• Charles Bylsma (64), Seattle-Washington (USA)
• Anna van den Leemkule (61), Zaandam
• Dell H. Warren (70), Yakima, Yakima, Washington
• Clara May Phillips (77)
• Edith de Olde (0), Emmen,Drenthe,Niederlande,Nieuw Amsterdam
• Antonius Joseph Zoetmulder (80), Noordwijkerhout

• 1959 » "Weird Al" Yankovic, American singer-songwriter, comedian, and actor
• 1959 » Nancy Grace, American lawyer and journalist
• 1959 » Sam Raimi, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 » Katoucha Niane, French model and actress († 2008)
• 1960 » Mirwais Ahmadzaï, Swiss-French keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
• 1960 » Randy Pausch, American author and academic († 2008)
• 1960 » Wayne Rainey, American motorcycle racer
• 1961 » Andoni Zubizarreta, Spanish footballer and sportscaster
• 1961 » Laurie Halse Anderson, American author
• 1961 » Vinicio Gómez, Guatemalan politician († 2008)

• 1942 » Ralph Rainger, American pianist and composer (b. 1901)
• 1943 » Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Charles Glover Barkla, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Hana Brady, Czech holocaust victim (b. 1931)
• 1950 » Al Jolson, Lithuanian-American actor and singer (b. 1886)
• 1953 » Adrien de Noailles, French son of Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles (b. 1869)
• 1959 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter (b. 1885)
• 1959 » Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (b. 1871)
• 1964 » Frank Luther Mott, American historian and journalist (b. 1886)
• 1978 » Maybelle Carter, American singer and autoharp player (Carter Family) (b. 1909)

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 21 » A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners.
• January 30 » The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
• June 26 » Madagascar gains its independence from France.
• August 3 » Niger gains independence from France.
• August 16 » Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• November 8 » John F. Kennedy is elected as the 35th President of the United States.

The temperature on October 23, 1960 was between 9.8 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.