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• Marianne Carola van der Neut († 1960)
• Darvin Duane Sudenga, Pipestone, Pipestone County, Minnesota († 2013)
• Patrick Nuyens, Schoten, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1981)
• Albertus Post, Bargeroosterveld, Emmen († 2020)
• Luzia Maria Hillesheim, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1976)
• Martina Stolk, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Johan (Hans) Booij, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Lambertus (Bert) van de Craats († 2019)
• DOODGEBOREN KIND MOERMAN, VLAARDINGEN († 1960)
• Marjan van Ginkel († 2003)

• Anna Maria Winands (64), Heerlen
• Arie Wijngaard (56), Den Helder, Nederland
• Anna de Lugt (76)
• Adrianus Petrus van der Voort (77), Leiden, ZH, Nederland
• Adrianus Theodorus Vis (77), Wamel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Rogman (78), Rotterdam
• Antje Annechiena Sietskiena Knapper (59), Groningen
• Anja Catharina Jaarsma (59), Groningen
• Adrianus Thedorus (Janus) Vis (77), Beneden-Leeuwen, Nederland
• Antonius Gerardus de Wolf (53), Utrecht

• 1958 » Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, American actress and singer
• 1959 » Jaanus Tamkivi, Estonian politician
• 1959 » Terry Fenwick, English footballer and manager
• 1959 » William R. Moses, American actor and producer
• 1960 » Jonathan Ross, English actor and talk show host
• 1960 » Michael Hertwig, German footballer and manager
• 1960 » RuPaul, American drag queen performer, actor, and singer
• 1961 » Pat Toomey, American businessman and politician
• 1961 » Robert Stethem, American soldier († 1985)
• 1962 » Dédé Fortin, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2000)

• 1947 » Victor Serge, Russian historian and author (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1955 » James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Mort Cooper, American baseball player (b. 1913)
• 1959 » Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1968 » Mervyn Peake, English poet, author, and illustrator (b. 1911)
• 1971 » Gladys Cooper, English actress (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader (b. 1878)
• 1976 » Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, Bangladeshi scholar and politician (b. 1880)
• 1979 » John Glascock, English singer and bass player (b. 1951)

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.
• March 21 » Apartheid: Sharpeville massacre, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.
• April 1 » The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
• June 20 » The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
• July 11 » Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• November 4 » At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Dr. Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.
• November 8 » John F. Kennedy is elected as the 35th President of the United States.

The temperature on November 17, 1960 was between 1.5 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 9.6 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.