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• Hubert van de WERVE de SCHILDE, Ibanda, Sud-Kivu, Rép du Congo, France
• Willemina Johanna Kuipers, Utrecht
• Josina Jeltje (Josje) († 2019)
• NN de Waal, Huissen
• Kornelis (Kees) Pluim, Elspeet (Ermelo) († 2014)
• Treesje den Hoed, Netherlands († 1962)
• Michael Damm, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 2016)

• Adriaan Arie DITMAR (63), Utrecht Utrecht Netherlands
• Agatha van Duijn (78), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jeens Bouwmeester (78), Heerenveen
• Adriana Johanna Alida van der Bent (90), Utrecht
• Aarnout Panhuis (76), 's-Gravenhage
• Aleida Petronellla van Wijk (68), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Gerardus Bogaarts (84), Gorinchem, South Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Bakker (78), Zwolle
• Anna Marie de Broeijs (71), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Maria (Anton) van Gent (76), Nijmegen, Nederland

• 1955 » Bill Laswell, American bass player and producer
• 1955 » Chet Lemon, American baseball player and coach
• 1956 » Ad Melkert, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment
• 1956 » Arsenio Hall, American actor and talk show host
• 1956 » Brian Robertson, Scottish rock guitarist and songwriter
• 1958 » Outback Jack, Australian-American wrestler
• 1961 » Di Farmer, Queensland Member of Parliament
• 1961 » Jim Harris, Canadian environmentalist and politician
• 1961 » Michel Martelly, Haitian singer and politician, 56th President of Haiti
• 1964 » Omar Hakim, American drummer, producer, arranger, and composer

• 1947 » Moses Gomberg, Ukrainian-American chemist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Hassan al-Banna, Egyptian educator, founded the Muslim Brotherhood (b. 1906)
• 1954 » Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1958 » Douglas Hartree, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1897)
• 1960 » Oskar Anderson, Bulgarian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1887)
• 1970 » Clare Turlay Newberry, American author and illustrator (b. 1903)
• 1971 » James Cash Penney, American businessman and philanthropist, founded J. C. Penney (b. 1875)
• 1975 » Carl Lutz, Swiss vice-consul to Hungary during WWII, credited with saving over 62,000 Jews (b. 1895)
• 1976 » Sal Mineo, American actor (b. 1939)
• 1977 » Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher and scholar (b. 1894)

• 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 » National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami.
• February 29 » The 5.7M_w  Agadir earthquake shakes coastal Morocco with a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme), destroying Agadir, and leaving 12,000 dead and another 12,000 injured.
• April 13 » The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
• April 21 » Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro.
• May 27 » In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office.
• December 17 » Troops loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia crush the coup that began December 13, returning power to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt.

The temperature on February 12, 1960 was between -0.8 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.