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• Edward Steven Hayes, Ronceverte, Greenbrier County, West Virginia († 2002)
• Christel De Walsche, Zelzate (B), België († 1993)
• Maatje Koster, Middelharnis (Gem Goeree-Overflakkee), Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Albertus Johannus Beck, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Jaqueline Alida Wilhelmina Slotboom († 1976)
• Ronald David Friend, Lynwood,California,Verenigde Staten († 1961)
• Dennis John LAVERMAN, Oskaloosa Mahaska County Iowa U.S.A († 2016)
• NN Ligthart, Wognum
• Arendje Pieternella Cler, de, Leiden († 2023)
• Carlo Alfons Petra (Carlo) Sanders, Eindhoven, Nederland († 2009)

• Adriaan Edward Verhage (61), Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, VS
• Alberdina Hoeksema (84), Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Annie Swinton Workman (74), Commerce, Hunt, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Wilhelmina Cornelia Brouwers (72), Breda
• Antonius Kersten (83), Winssen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie Gerritsen (67), Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alberdina Hoeksema- (84), Delfzijl, Nederland
• Antonie Heuff (81), Groningen
• Arendje van de Meulen (74), Heerde
• Antoetta Maria KNAPEN (84), Raamsdonk, 4125, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1958 » Alan Trammell, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1958 » Jake Burns, Northern Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 » Kim Coates, Canadian actor
• 1958 » Mary Chapin Carpenter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 » José María Cano, Spanish singer-songwriter and painter
• 1960 » Plamen Oresharski, Bulgarian economist and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• 1960 » Steve Wynn, American singer-songwriter
• 1961 » Christopher Atkins, American actor and businessman
• 1962 » Chuck Palahniuk, American novelist and journalist
• 1962 » David Foster Wallace, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 2008)

• 1945 » Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)
• 1946 » José Streel, Belgian journalist (b. 1911)
• 1958 » Duncan Edwards, English footballer (b. 1936)
• 1965 » Malcolm X, American minister and activist (b. 1925; assassinated)
• 1967 » Charles Beaumont, American author and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 1968 » Howard Florey, Australian pathologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
• 1972 » Bronislava Nijinska, Russian-American dancer and choreographer (b. 1891)
• 1972 » Eugène Tisserant, French cardinal (b. 1884)
• 1972 » Zhang Guohua, Chinese general and politician (b. 1914)
• 1974 » Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, co-founded Tim Hortons (b. 1930)

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 6 » National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami.
• January 25 » The National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the "payola" scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accept money for playing particular records.
• April 19 » Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.
• May 1 » Formation of the western Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra; also known as "Maharashtra Day".
• May 7 » Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.
• July 1 » Ghana becomes a republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II ceases to be its head of state.

The temperature on February 21, 1960 was between -1.7 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.