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• Cahit Celen, Kulu (Turkey)
• No Name Schutte, Wijhe, Ov, The Netherlands († 1960)
• Marianne Janssen, Neerloon,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1986)
• Cecilia Bernadette Hendrika M. MENTINK, Fleringen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1978)
• Marie-Louise Dooijes, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Maria(Marja) van der Zalm, Leiden
• Gradus Hobé, Wageningen († 1960)
• Wendy Beth Donnelly, Toledo, Lucas Co., OH († 2018)
• Owen A GANGLOFF, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania († 1960)
• Cecilia Bernadette Hendrika M. MENTINK, Fleringen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1978)

• Adrianus van den Ouweland (81), Molenschot, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van der Steen (51), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Apolonia Ooms (84), Papendrecht, Zuid Holland
• Antonia Sophia Wulffelé (66), Rotterdam
• Antonia Elizabeth Peterse (83), Wassenaar
• Arthur William BOYLETT (68), Edmonton, Middlesex RD
• Adriaan van den Ouweland (81), Molenschot
• Anna Maria Rietbergen (88), Utrecht
• Arnoldus Arts (91), Meerveldhoven
• Antonius Hendrikus de Bruijn (87), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL

• 1958 » David R. Ross, Scottish historian and author († 2010)
• 1958 » Jeanne Mas, Spanish-French singer-songwriter and actress
• 1958 » Manuel Torres Félix, Mexican criminal and narcotics trafficker († 2012)
• 1958 » Natalya Estemirova, Russian journalist and activist († 2009)
• 1959 » Jack Abramoff, American businessman and lobbyist
• 1959 » Megan McDonald, American librarian and author
• 1961 » Barry McGuigan, Irish-British boxer
• 1961 » Mark Latham, Australian politician
• 1961 » Rae Dawn Chong, Canadian-American actress
• 1962 » Gary Belcher, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

• 1941 » Alfonso XIII of Spain (b. 1886)
• 1942 » Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (b. 1889)
• 1959 » Maxwell Anderson, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Rajendra Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st President of India (b. 1884)
• 1966 » Charles Bassett, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1931)
• 1966 » Elliot See, American commander, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)
• 1967 » Henry Luce, American publisher, co-founded Time Magazine (b. 1898)
• 1977 » Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American actor and comedian (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Eric Frank Russell, English author (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Zara Cully, American actress (b. 1892)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Peter
4. Cornelis
5. Willem
6. John
7. Hendrik
8. Robert
9. Gerrit
10. Ronald
11. Petrus
12. Pieter
13. Paul
14. Dirk
15. Hans
16. Johan

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. Karin
14. Marianne
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 21 » Avianca Flight 671 crashes at Montego Bay, Jamaica airport, killing 37 people.
• April 4 » France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.
• May 24 » Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt.
• June 26 » The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland.
• July 4 » Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Acts (United States)).
• July 28 » The German Volkswagen Act came into force.

The temperature on February 28, 1960 was between 4.9 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.