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• Cornelis Johannes H. Jacobs, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren († 1968)
• Anna Robijn, Leeuwarderadeel († 1961)
• Rob Jansen († 2012)
• Marie Emilie Philomène Polus, Tongeren (B)
• Eric Jozef Arnold Hoesen, Heerlen
• Wim Adegeest, Voorburg
• Peter de Windt, Amersfoort, Nederland († 1984)
• Cornelis J. H. Jacobs, Hapert († 1968)
• Jacobs, Hapert, Nederland († 1968)
• leontine karin boeijnaems, alblasserdam († 2005)

• Anna Maria Slangen (78), Kerkrade (L
• Anna Maria Rode (80), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Berendsen (76), Ede
• Arnold Guillaume Vanstapel (78), Muizen, België
• Aldert Douwes van der Schaaf (55), Purmerend, Nederland
• Anna (zr. Ulrica, Liefdezusters v. Carolus Borromeus zrs. onder de Bogen) Kaijen (83), Gronsveld (Limb) Nederland
• Antoon Eduard Orbons (77), Brunssum, Limburg, Nederland
• Arij Don (35), Vlaardingen
• Adriana van Dongen (74), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Berendsen (76)

• 1959 » Chihiro Fujioka, Japanese director and composer
• 1959 » Dominique Baert, French lawyer and politician
• 1959 » Gunnar Bakke, Norwegian banker and politician, 65th Mayor of Bergen
• 1959 » Michelle Lujan Grisham, American lawyer and politician
• 1959 » Mike Brewer, American baseball player
• 1960 » BD Wong, American actor
• 1960 » Dennis Anderson, American monster truck driver
• 1960 » Ian Baker-Finch, Australian golfer and sportscaster
• 1960 » Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist, lawyer, and activist († 1999)
• 1960 » Joachim Winkelhock, German racing driver

• 1949 » Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist (b. 1902)
• 1958 » G. E. Moore, English philosopher and academic (b. 1873)
• 1960 » Yevgeny Ostashev, the test pilot of rocket, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, Lenin prize winner, Candidate of Technical Sciences (b. 1924)
• 1964 » Toni Kinshofer, German mountaineer (b. 1931)
• 1965 » Hans Meerwein, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1966 » Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian (b. 1896)
• 1969 » Behçet Kemal Çağlar, Turkish poet and politician (b. 1908)
• 1970 » Richard Hofstadter, American historian and author (b. 1916)
• 1971 » Carl Ruggles, American composer (b. 1876)
• 1971 » Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1936)

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 6 » National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami.
• January 23 » The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797ft) in the Pacific Ocean.
• April 13 » The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
• June 26 » The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland.
• July 21 » Sirimavo Bandaranaike is elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, becoming the world's first female head of government
• December 17 » Troops loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia crush the coup that began December 13, returning power to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt.

The temperature on October 24, 1960 was between 9.8 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.