About the day » Wednesday February 10, 1960Calender converter

• Jan Udding, Oosterbeek, Gelderland, Nederland († 2013)
• Martin UITVLUGT, Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1975)
• Nieske Andrea Kulk, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Anneke de Graaf († 1964)
• Klara Fluit, Ede († 1961)
• Hendricus Paulus Johannes Hermans, Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Maria Theresia Helena Verheggen, Roermond († 1996)
• Monique Boon, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1998)
• Ger Brug, Leimuiden, Nederland († 2013)
• Clemence REMANS, Beverst (Limburg) (B) († 2013)

• Alida Maria van Rijn (83)
• Carey Hamlin Carter (77), Franklin Furnace, Scioto, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Vosselman (73), Deventer,Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Annigje Velzel (83), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Visser (80), amsterdam (tram)
• Beverly Mae TeKrony (32)
• Andrea Berendina Constantia HORST (73), Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arie de Beer (87), Terschelling, Friesland, Nederland
• Arthur Baxton Chelette (78), Orange, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Caecilia Imelda Margaretha Bleeker (56), Beverwijk, Nederland

• 1956 » Enele Sopoaga, Tuvaluan politician, 12th Prime Minister of Tuvalu
• 1957 » Katherine Freese, American astrophysicist and academic
• 1959 » John Calipari, American basketball player and coach
• 1960 » Jim Kent, American biologist, computer programmer, academic
• 1961 » Alexander Payne, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 » George Stephanopoulos, American television journalist
• 1962 » Cliff Burton, American heavy metal bassist († 1986)
• 1962 » Randy Velischek, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1963 » Lenny Dykstra, American baseball player
• 1964 » Glenn Beck, American journalist, producer, and author

• 1944 » E. M. Antoniadi, Greek-French astronomer and chess player (b. 1870)
• 1945 » Anacleto Díaz, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1878)
• 1950 » Marcel Mauss, French sociologist and anthropologist (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Emmanouil Tsouderos, Greek banker and politician, 132nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Leonora Speyer, American poet and violinist (b. 1872)
• 1957 » Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (b. 1867)
• 1960 » Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian cardinal (b. 1898)
• 1966 » Billy Rose, American composer and songwriter (b. 1899)
• 1967 » Dionysios Kokkinos, Greek historian and author (b. 1884)
• 1975 » Nikos Kavvadias, Greek sailor and poet (b. 1910)

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. 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.
• January 1 » Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.
• February 8 » Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issues an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name Mountbatten-Windsor.
• August 6 » Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
• September 18 » Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations.
• November 11 » A military coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam is crushed.
• December 13 » While Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard seizes the capital and proclaims him deposed and his son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, Emperor.

The temperature on February 10, 1960 was between -2.3 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.