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• Gerharda Sanders, Emmen, Nederland († 2001)
• Olivier Jean René CAFFIN, Beauvais,, France († 1995)
• Bruno ALTIN, Izmir,,TURQUIE († 1998)
• Henriëtte Boerenkamp († 2003)
• Loren Wayne Zomer, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan († 2010)
• Saskia Elizabeth Ruitenbach, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Olivier CAFFIN († 1995)
• Francis Trippas, Hasselt, België († 1999)
• Debra Joan LOHMAN, Shelby Oceana County Michigan U.S.A († 1961)
• Martina Margaretha Anna Maria Koot, Sassenheim († 1968)

• Adriana Wilhelmina Elizabeth van Oosterzee (85), Haarlem
• Albert Kok (81), Meppel
• Aletta Johanna Catharina Dreyer (66), Umtata, Transkei
• Anna Maria Dix (84), Utrecht
• Antonia Theunissen van Haren (76), Ewijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert George DAVIS (43), Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
• Annetje van der Vlist (47), Utrecht 867
• Adriana Antoinetta Francisca Sweep (79), Papenhoven, 6124, Nederland
• Agatha Tobina Otten (72), Amersfoort
• Adriaan Hendrik Emmelot (72), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1958 » Blažej Baláž, Slovak painter, sculptor, and illustrator
• 1958 » David Remnick, American journalist and author
• 1958 » Stefan Dennis, Australian actor
• 1959 » John Magufuli, Tanzanian politician, 5th President of Tanzania
• 1959 » Mike Gartner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 » Fabiola Gianotti, Italian physicist and academic
• 1960 » Thorsten Schlumberger, German footballer
• 1961 » Joel Otto, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1961 » Randy Jackson, American singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1962 » Einar Örn Benediktsson, Icelandic singer, trumpet player, and politician

• 1949 » George Gurdjieff, Armenian-French monk, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1872)
• 1950 » Gustaf V of Sweden (b. 1858)
• 1953 » William Kapell, American pianist (b. 1922)
• 1956 » Louis Rosier, French race car driver (b. 1905)
• 1957 » Louis B. Mayer, Belarusian-American production manager and producer (b. 1885)
• 1958 » Zoë Akins, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Astrid Holm, Danish actress (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Adolphe Menjou, American actor (b. 1890)
• 1969 » Pops Foster, American bassist and trumpet player (b. 1892)
• 1971 » Duane Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)

• 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 1 » Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.
• January 6 » The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.
• March 17 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
• May 1 » Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.
• June 17 » The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4million for 7million acres (28,000km) of land undervalued at four cents/acre in the 1863 treaty.
• November 14 » Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.

The temperature on October 29, 1960 was between 8.9 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 11.1 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (9%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.