About the day » Wednesday December 21, 1960Calender converter

• N.N. Bal, Den Haag,Gemeente ·Äôs-Gravenhage,South Holland,Nederland († 1960)
• Willem van Maurik, Vlaardingen († 1982)
• Petronella Theresia Johanna (Petra) Hogervorst († 2021)
• Ronald Christiaan Wessels, Wageningen († 1987)
• T.C. Kleinjan († 2018)
• Carol Lee van Dommelen, Quincy Ma († 2017)
• Jane Weggemans, Hoogeveen
• Levenloos Zijm, Den Helder († 1960)
• NN Zijm, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Johnnie Paul Drange, Powers Lake, Burke, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1979)

• Alida Johanna de Waal (79), ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adela Marian Frances McDonald (76), Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
• Adriana Anna van den Akker (81), Leiden
• Arrie [Orrie) Holland Blanton (83), Rutherford County, North Carolina
• Bartha Schoonderbeek (74), Maarssen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bartha Schoonderbeek (74), Maarssen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Anna van den Akker (81), Leiden, ZH, Nederland
• Annegien Klasina Holtkamp (57), Termunten
• Albert Meijerink (92), Coevorden, Drenthe, Niederlande
• Bernard Albert Haselhoff (79), Odebolt, Sac County, Iowa

• 1956 » Dave Laut, American shot putter († 2009)
• 1957 » Ray Romano, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 » Tamara Bykova, Russian high jumper
• 1959 » Florence Griffith Joyner, American sprinter and actress († 1998)
• 1959 » Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Indian cricketer
• 1960 » Sherry Rehman, Pakistani journalist, politician, and diplomat, 25th Pakistan Ambassador to the United States
• 1961 » Ryuji Sasai, Japanese bass player and composer
• 1963 » Govinda, Indian actor, singer, and politician
• 1964 » Joe Kocur, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1964 » Kunihiko Ikuhara, Japanese director and illustrator

• 1952 » Kenneth Edwards, American golfer (b. 1886)
• 1953 » Kaarlo Koskelo, Finnish-American wrestler and businessman (b. 1888)
• 1957 » Eric Coates, English-American viola player and composer (b. 1886)
• 1958 » H.B. Warner, English actor (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Lion Feuchtwanger, German-American author and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1959 » Rosanjin, Japanese calligrapher, engraver, and painter (b. 1883)
• 1963 » Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer (b. 1880)
• 1965 » Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (b. 1891)
• 1968 » Vittorio Pozzo, Italian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1886)

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. Karin
14. Marianne
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 6 » The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.
• February 3 » British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government was likely to support decolonisation.
• 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.
• May 15 » The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 4.
• June 26 » The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland.
• December 15 » Richard Pavlick is arrested for plotting to assassinate U.S. President-Elect John F. Kennedy.

The temperature on December 21, 1960 was between 3.3 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 6.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.