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• Gert (Gerald) Nijkamp, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 2007)
• Hendrica van Adrichem, Amsterdam († 2011)
• Maria Johanna van der Ven, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Roeland Jacob Krook, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1961)
• Gary Lee van Groningen († 1967)
• Aaltje Kramer († 2010)
• Brigitte Parys, Gent († 2010)
• Anita van Geest († 2024)
• René Dammen, Amsterdam († 1960)
• Gijsbertje Smink, Harderwijk († 2004)

• Adam de Visser (81), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Ruurd Gerbens Slottje (89), Amsterdam
• Berendina Brunink (83), Vriezenveen
• André Julien ANDRIEUX (64), Couvrelles, 02220, Aisne, Picardie, Hauts-de-France, France
• Adriana den Ouden (90), Bergambacht, Gemeente Bergambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Allison Archibald Thompson (57), Austin, Travis, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Jacoba Worps (72), Tiel
• * Huibert Cornelis Lucas (92), Zierikzee
• Annegien Kemkers (68), Peize, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hendriks (83), Groesbeek,, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1957 » Phil Barney, Algerian-French singer-songwriter
• 1958 » Michel Marc Bouchard, Canadian playwright
• 1961 » Abraham Iyambo, Namibian politician († 2013)
• 1961 » Lauren Lane, American actress and academic
• 1962 » Andy Fordham, English darts player
• 1962 » Kate Raison, Australian actress
• 1962 » Michael T. Weiss, American actor
• 1962 » Paul Kilgus, American baseball player
• 1962 » Philippe Claudel, French author, director, and screenwriter
• 1963 » Eva Cassidy, American singer and guitarist († 1996)

• 1952 » Callistratus of Georgia, Georgian patriarch (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Hella Wuolijoki, Estonian-Finnish author and politician (b. 1886)
• 1956 » Charley Grapewin, American actor (b. 1869)
• 1956 » Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (b. 1876)
• 1956 » Truxtun Hare, American football player and hammer thrower (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1890)
• 1962 » Shlomo Hestrin, Canadian-Israeli biochemist and academic (b. 1914)
• 1966 » Hacı Ömer Sabancı, Turkish businessman (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Tullio Serafin, Italian conductor and director (b. 1878)
• 1969 » Boris Karloff, English actor (b. 1887)

• 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.
• February 1 » Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
• March 5 » Indonesian President Sukarno dismissed the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR), 1955 democratically elected parliament, and replaced with DPR-GR, the parliament of his own selected members.
• May 13 » Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
• August 12 » Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
• September 10 » At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet.
• September 24 » USSEnterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.

The temperature on February 2, 1960 was between 0.9 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.