About the day » Friday March 18, 1960Calender converter

• Cornelia Magdalena Maria fransen, pijnacker († 2005)
• Nicolaas Pater, ,, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Anneke Wouda († 1960)
• Gerard uit de Bosch, Barneveld († 1978)
• Dolf Kemper († 1988)
• René Salari, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Cornelia Elisabeth Hulleman, Krimpen aan de IJssel († 1964)
• Jozef Mensen, Vlagtwedde, Onstwedde, Nederland († 1960)
• Pia Merkx
• Teus Kon, Leerdam († 2016)

• Andreas Bruns (70), Bergen op Zoom
• Arthur Pierre GOYVAERT ou GOYVAERTS (65), Pervijze, 38019, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Aaltje Antonia Edens (76), Alkmaar,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Cornelis Stehouwer (74), Amsterdam
• Anton Schade (63), Haarlem, NH, The Netherlands
• Annechien(a) Martha van Weering (84), Rotterdam
• Allan James Coughlin (53), Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
• Bastiaan Coenraad Adrianus (Coenraad) VROOMEN (74), Limbricht (NL/LI)
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Hopmans (66), Amersfoort
• Antheunis Janse (69), Breda

• 1958 » Richard de Zoysa, Sri Lankan journalist and author († 1990)
• 1959 » Luc Besson, French director, producer, and screenwriter, founded EuropaCorp
• 1960 » Guy Carbonneau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 » James Plaskett, Cypriot-English chess player
• 1960 » Richard Biggs, American actor († 2004)
• 1961 » Grant Hart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2017)
• 1962 » Brian Fisher, American baseball player
• 1962 » Irene Cara, American singer-songwriter, actress, and producer
• 1962 » Michael Andrews, Australian rugby league player
• 1962 » Thomas Ian Griffith, American actor and martial artist

• 1947 » William C. Durant, American businessman, co-founded General Motors and Chevrolet (b. 1861)
• 1954 » Walter Mead, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Louis Bromfield, American environmentalist and author (b. 1896)
• 1962 » Walter W. Bacon, American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware (b. 1880)
• 1964 » Sigfrid Edström, Swedish businessman, 4th President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1870)
• 1965 » Farouk of Egypt (b. 1920)
• 1973 » Johannes Aavik, Estonian philologist and poet (b. 1880)
• 1977 » Carlos Pace, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1944)
• 1977 » Marien Ngouabi, Congolese politician, President of the Republic of the Congo (b. 1938)
• 1978 » Leigh Brackett, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)

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. 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. 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 28 » The National Football League announced expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for 1961 NFL season.
• 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.
• April 26 » Forced out by the April Revolution, President of South Korea Syngman Rhee resigns after 12 years of dictatorial rule.
• July 11 » Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• August 7 » Ivory Coast becomes independent from France.
• September 24 » USSEnterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.

The temperature on March 18, 1960 was between 1.7 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.