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• J.E.T.M. Bekkers († 1964)
• Douglas Schwarberg, Alton, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1960)
• Cornelia Dirkje Bijsterbosch, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 2004)
• Frans van Lent, Nijmegen († 1989)
• Cornelia Dirkje Bijsterbosch, Apeldoorn († 2004)
• N.N. van Dam, Leiden († 1960)
• David P Sells, Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa († 2002)
• Karen van Mansfeld, Atlanta-Georgia (USA) († 2002)
• René Buschmann, Koog aan de Zaan, Nederland († 2014)
• Marianne van Hagen, Baarn († 2008)

• Albertje van der Molen (65), Leeuwarden
• Bondina Kraal (52), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Franciscus Verstraaten (75), Rotterdam
• Coleman Dyers Gillespie (33), Kentucky
• Anna Maria Magdalena Pelenkahu (93), Zevenaar (Gelderland)
• Albert Jan Kosters (74), Hardenberg
• Antonius van NIELE (34), Zwolle (O)
• Anna Roggenbuck (51), Paderborn, Deutschland
• Antonia Maria(Toos) Jansen (60), Deventer,Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Baartje Ruitenburg (83)

• 1958 » Cornelia Funke, German-American author
• 1958 » Kathryn Stott, English pianist and academic
• 1959 » Kevin Ash, English journalist and author († 2013)
• 1959 » Mark Aguirre, American basketball player and coach
• 1959 » Udi Aloni, American-Israeli director and author
• 1959 » Wolf Hoffmann, German guitarist
• 1960 » Kōichi Satō, Japanese actor
• 1960 » Kenneth Branagh, Northern Ireland-born English actor director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 » Mark McKoy, Canadian hurdler and sprinter
• 1961 » Nia Peeples, American singer and actress

• 1951 » Algernon Blackwood, English author and playwright (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-English scholar and translator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » David Shimoni, Russian-Israeli poet and translator (b. 1891)
• 1957 » Napoleon Zervas, Greek general (b. 1891)
• 1958 » Adolfo Camarillo, American horse breeder, rancher, and philanthropist (b. 1864)
• 1963 » K. M. Panikkar, Indian historian and diplomat (b. 1894)
• 1967 » Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1941)
• 1968 » George Forrest, Northern Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1921)
• 1968 » Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author (b. 1886)
• 1968 » Thomas Merton, American monk and author (b. 1915)

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 21 » A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners.
• 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.
• April 9 » Dr Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa and architect of apartheid, narrowly survives an assassination attempt by a white farmer, David Pratt in Johannesburg.
• May 23 » A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile the previous day kills 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii.
• July 4 » Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Acts (United States)).
• August 15 » Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.

The temperature on December 10, 1960 was between 0.4 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 11.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.