About the day » Monday February 22, 1960Calender converter

• N.N. van Zuijlen, Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland († 1960)
• Johannes Gerardus Hogelink, Emmen
• Livina Marie Louise Everaert, Dendermonde († 1987)
• Cornelis Johannes Kraaijeveld, Sliedrecht († 2014)
• Ronny Ivan Verlinde, Roeselare († 2021)
• Bonifatius van Heusden, Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Damianus Anthonius Johannes Storij, Rhenoy
• Gordon Bruce van Tol, Kitimat/BC, Canada († 2010)
• David Mark VanderSchaaff († 1982)
• Atzo Nicolai, Delft, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)

• Agnès Louise VANDERSCHELDEN (55), Nieppe, 59431, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• "Jhr". Johannes BEELAERTS VAN BLOKLAND (82), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Wolsink (82), Zelhem
• ALBERTINA JOHANNA FRANCINA BONNIER (89), NAARDEN
• Afiena Arnolda (Fiet) Uilkens (84)
• Arie Ouwehand (66), Rotterdam
• Arie Ham (87), Durban, Zuid-Afrika
• Alvina Mathilde Klafke (76), Rincao Del Rey, RS
• Afiena Arnolda Uilkens (84), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anneke Peters (10), Arnhem {GE}

• 1957 » Willie Smits, Dutch microbiologist and engineer
• 1958 » Dave Spitz, American bass player and songwriter
• 1959 » Bronwyn Oliver, Australian sculptor († 2006)
• 1959 » Jiří Čunek, Czech politician
• 1959 » Kyle MacLachlan, American actor
• 1960 » Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde, Scottish politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• 1961 » Akira Takasaki, Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1962 » Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host († 2006)
• 1963 » Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
• 1963 » Devon Malcolm, Jamaican-English cricketer

• 1945 » Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Abul Kalam Azad, Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of Education (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian-French painter and critic (b. 1905)
• 1961 » Nick LaRocca, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1889)
• 1965 » Felix Frankfurter, Austrian-American lawyer and jurist (b. 1882)
• 1971 » Frédéric Mariotti, French actor (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Elizabeth Bowen, Anglo-Irish author (b. 1899)
• 1973 » Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Premier of Quebec (b. 1916)
• 1973 » Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (b. 1900)
• 1973 » Winthrop Rockefeller, American colonel and politician, 37th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1912)

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 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.
• June 26 » Madagascar gains its independence from France.
• July 11 » France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina) and Niger.
• July 20 » Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world's first elected female head of government.
• August 1 » Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
• October 12 » Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at the United Nations to protest a Philippine assertion.

The temperature on February 22, 1960 was between -1.4 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 8.8 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.