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Born on Thursday February 25, 1960
- Maria Petronella Gerarda Augustijn, Steenbergen († 1993)
- Harmannus (Herman) Pot († 1990)
- Gerardus Ant. Christiaan Maria Klaassen, Venlo, Limburg, Nederland († 2006)
- Laurie A Weix († 2013)
- María Eugenia (Maruja) JUÁREZ VILLALTA, Palmar Sur, cantón de Osa, provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica († 2018)
- Nico Staal, Bedum († 2019)
- Henricus Maria Thomas Steegs, Venlo († 1960)
- Abdel Kader Herbar, Richterich, Duitsland
- Ger Schmeits, Sittard,, Limburg, Nederland († 2007)
- Albert Schuiling, Schipborg, Drenthe, Nederland († 2011)
Died on Thursday February 25, 1960
- Adrianus Gerardus Antonius van Gennip (37), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- * Anna Maria de Weijer (70), Geleen
- Anna Maria Petronella van Boxtel (68), Tilburg
- Andries Beitel van de (81), Aalsmeer
- Andre Alfred Charles BOENS (48), Dunkerque (59240) Frankrijk
- Adriana Zwaan (78), Katwijk
- Anna Gertrudis Arts (81), Schiedam
- Aart van den Hoogen (64), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
- Andries van den Beitel (81), Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Adriana Jacobs Zwaan (78), Katwijk
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 25, 1960 at Delpher
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
- Friese koerier : onafhankelijk dagblad voor Friesland en aangrenzende gebieden
- Amigoe di Curacao : weekblad voor de Curacaosche eilanden
- Nieuw Guinea koerier : de groene : onafhankelijk dagblad voor Ned. Nieuw Guinea
- Gereformeerd gezinsblad / hoofdred. P. Jongeling
- Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland
- Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad
- Het nieuws : algemeen dagblad
- De waarheid
- De Tijd De Maasbode
Born on February 25
- 1950 » Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish skier; 1972 Olympic slalom champion († 2006)
- 1951 » Don Quarrie, Jamaican sprinter and coach; four Olympic medals and two world records
- 1952 » Joey Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle road racing champion; holds record for most wins (26) at the Isle of Man TT († 2000)
- 1953 » José María Aznar, Spanish politician; Prime Minister of Spain, 1996–2004
- 1957 » Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore politician; 5th Senior Minister of Singapore
- 1958 » Kurt Rambis, American basketball player and coach; four-time NBA Finals champion
- 1962 » Birgit Fischer, German kayaker; winner of eight Olympic gold medals
- 1963 » Paul O'Neill, American baseball player and sportscaster; five-time World Series champion
- 1967 » Ed Balls, British politician; Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
- 1968 » Oumou Sangaré, Grammy Award-winning Malian Wassoulou musician
Died on February 25
- 1950 » George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
- 1953 » Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (b. 1856)
- 1957 » Bugs Moran, American mob boss (b. 1893)
- 1957 » Mark Aldanov, Russian author and critic (b. 1888)
- 1963 » Melville J. Herskovits, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1895)
- 1964 » Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1887)
- 1964 » Grace Metalious, American author (b. 1924)
- 1970 » Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter and academic (b. 1903)
- 1971 » Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
- 1972 » Gottfried Fuchs, German-Canadian Olympic soccer player (b. 1889)
Names that were popular for boys in 1960
- Johannes
- Maria
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Peter
- Hendrik
- Willem
- John
- Gerardus
- Petrus
- Pieter
- Antonius
- Robert
- Wilhelmus
- Adrianus
- Johan
Names that were popular for girls in 1960
- Maria
- Johanna
- Elisabeth
- Cornelia
- Wilhelmina
- Anna
- Catharina
- Marie
- Petronella
- Ann
- Adriana
- Hendrika
- Yvonne
- Jacoba
- Margaretha
- Elizabeth
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1960
- 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.
- April 4 » France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.
- 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 1 » Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.
- July 11 » France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina) and Niger.
- October 12 » Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at the United Nations to protest a Philippine assertion.
- December 17 » Munich C-131 crash: Twenty passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground are killed.
The weather on Thursday February 25, 1960
The temperature on February 25, 1960 was between 1.7 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI