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• Annemie Gorissen, Sittard († 2010)
• Monica Terwiel, Hoogvliet, the Netherlands († 1986)
• Marja SCHURINK, Rotterdam, Nederland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Debora Gail Wissinger († 1960)
• Grietje van Dijk († 1961)
• Yvonne Petronella Maria Elizabeth van der Hoorn, Waalre, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1968)
• Johanna Gesina Henrica Bruins, Zwartemeer, Drenthe, Nederland († 2019)
• johanna francisca maria (ans) janssen, helden-egchel
• N.N. Genders, Maastricht († 1960)
• Pieter Prinsen, Leusden, Utrecht, Nederland († 1985)

• Bernard ter Maat (87), Zelhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna van der Wal (81), Den Haag
• Christina Antonia Schuwer (67), Amsterdam
• Arendina Mulder (43), Veendam
• Albertus Johannes van der Linden (71), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Suzanna Knegt (84), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van der Wal (81), Den Haag
• Christianus Johannes Vermunt (75), Roosendaal
• Catharina Maria Theodora Kloeg (80), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernadette Maria Klinkenberg (0), den haag

• 1957 » Bob Golic, American football player and radio host
• 1958 » Shaun Woodward, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
• 1959 » Evo Morales, Bolivian soldier and politician, 80th President of Bolivia
• 1959 » Paul Farmer, American anthropologist and physician
• 1961 » Dylan McDermott, American actor
• 1961 » Gerald Malloy, American lawyer and politician
• 1961 » Joey Salceda, Filipino politician
• 1961 » Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenyan President
• 1962 » Cary Elwes, English actor and producer
• 1962 » Jack Morelli, American comic book professional and author

• 1952 » Hattie McDaniel, American actress and singer (b. 1895)
• 1956 » Walter Gieseking, French-German pianist and composer (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
• 1957 » Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek philosopher, author, and playwright (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Toshizō Nishio, Japanese general (b. 1881)
• 1961 » Sadae Inoue, Japanese general (b. 1886)
• 1962 » Louise Beavers, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1963 » Elizabeth Gunn, New Zealand pediatrician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Sylvia Likens, 16-year-old group torture/murder victim in Indianapolis (b. 1949)
• 1966 » Alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932)

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. Karin
14. Marianne
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.
• April 19 » Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.
• April 25 » The United States Navy submarine USSTriton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
• July 28 » The German Volkswagen Act came into force.
• November 8 » John F. Kennedy is elected as the 35th President of the United States.
• December 1 » Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested (and later deported) from Hamburg, West Germany, after accusations of attempted arson.
• December 9 » The first episode of Coronation Street, the world's longest-running television soap opera, is broadcast in the United Kingdom.

The temperature on October 26, 1960 was between 9.5 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 7.8 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.