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• Dewayne Wood († 1970)
• Josina Veronica Wilhelmina van den Brink, Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands († 1960)
• Elisabeth Anna Catharina Ruiter, Amsterdam
• Karen Bianca DENNEBOOM, Velp, Gelderland, Nederland († 2003)
• Erik Dijkshoorn, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Jeanny Bool, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)
• Elke Theis, Neunkirchen, Duitsland († 1993)
• Allen Pete Reitsma († 1965)
• Ronald Joseph Casadaban († 2004)
• Teresinha Schlickmann, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1999)

• "Gaston" Paul Louis Zeller (70), Paris
• Bastiaan Baaij (68), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Hensgens (82), Kerkrade
• Adrianus Louwrier (64), Leiden,Leiden,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Antonius Pennings (73), Den Dungen
• Amelia Anetta van den Berg (95), De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alida Johanna Ranselaar (97), Leiden
• Antonius Pennings (73), Den Dungen
• Antonius (Antoon) Pennings (73), Den Dungen
• Catharina Margaretha Brouwer (89), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1958 » Chen Yanyin, Chinese sculptor
• 1958 » Louise Lecavalier, Canadian dancer and choreographer
• 1959 » Craig Bellamy, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1959 » Fred Couples, American golfer
• 1959 » Greg Proops, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1959 » Jack Wagner, American actor and singer
• 1961 » Ludger Stühlmeyer, German cantor, composer, and musicologist
• 1961 » Rebecca Stephens, English journalist and mountaineer
• 1962 » Simon Scarrow, Nigerian-English novelist
• 1962 » Tommy Lee, Greek-American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer

• 1953 » Arnold Bax, English composer and poet (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (b. 1892)
• 1963 » Refet Bele, Turkish general (b. 1877)
• 1965 » Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1966 » Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896)
• 1967 » Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912)
• 1969 » Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1902)
• 1979 » Nicos Poulantzas, Greek-French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1936)
• 1980 » Friedrich Karm, Estonian footballer (b. 1907)

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 1 » Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.
• January 24 » Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police.
• May 3 » The Off-Broadway musical comedy The Fantasticks opens in New York City's Greenwich Village, eventually becoming the longest-running musical of all time.
• September 14 » Congo Crisis: With CIA help, Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.
• November 14 » Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.
• December 15 » King Mahendra of Nepal suspends the country's constitution, dissolves parliament, dismisses the cabinet, and imposes direct rule.

The temperature on October 3, 1960 was between 13.5 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.