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• Cornelis Ferdinand Doesburg, Oosterland († 2011)
• annet zomer († 2019)
• A. M. H. Adriaans
• Gertjan den Otter, Hilversum († 2003)
• Reinier Pols, Rotterdam († 1960)
• godfried johan (freddie) verhaegh, helden-koningslust
• Svein Hallgeir Møllersen († 2004)
• Jacoba Helena Adriana Lambrechts, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1995)
• Nancy V Eiseman, Buffalo, Erie, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Wietse Simon Mulder, Sneek († 1996)

• Apolonia Cornelia Francisca Muller (29), Bergen op Zoom
• Albert Meir (71), Ogemaw County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anje Hendriks Huizinga (73)
• Antonius Coenradus Tonella (60), Heiloo, Nederland
• Adriana Willemina van der Wilk (76), 's-Gravenhage
• Camille RAMSTEIN (80), Wittenheim, 68, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• Adrianus Antonius Reijnaars (70), Dussen (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Bernhard Johann Karl Lohrberg (56)
• Anje Hendriks Huizenga (73), Houwerzijl (gem. Het Hogeland)
• Anje HUIZENGA (73), Houwerzijl, Ulrum

• 1958 » Anneka Rice, Welsh radio and television host
• 1958 » Barbara Kooyman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 » Chris Lowe, English singer and keyboard player
• 1959 » Hitonari Tsuji, Japanese author, composer, and director
• 1959 » Tony Meo, English snooker player
• 1960 » Henry Worsley, English colonel and explorer († 2016)
• 1960 » Joe Boever, American baseball player
• 1961 » Jon Secada, Cuban-American singer-songwriter
• 1961 » Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese author and illustrator, created Yu-Gi-Oh!
• 1961 » Philippe Russo, French singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1946 » Barney Oldfield, American race car driver and actor (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1951 » Henrietta Lacks, American medical patient (b. 1920)
• 1955 » Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883)
• 1958 » Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (b. 1884)
• 1961 » Benjamin, Russian metropolitan (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Alar Kotli, Estonian architect (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
• 1974 » Anne Sexton, American poet and author (b. 1928)
• 1975 » Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1903)

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. 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.
• May 1 » Formation of the western Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra; also known as "Maharashtra Day".
• 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.
• July 11 » France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina) and Niger.
• July 12 » Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.
• August 16 » Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• December 15 » Richard Pavlick is arrested for plotting to assassinate U.S. President-Elect John F. Kennedy.

The temperature on October 4, 1960 was between 14.4 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.