About the day » Wednesday March 23, 1960Calender converter

• NN Reuvers, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ivan Ray Iedema, Sibley,, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1960)
• Cornelia Agatha Maria Apeldoorn, Egmond-Binnen († 2013)
• John Jason Westerhoff, Indiana, VS († 1986)
• Margaretha Roubos, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Harry Sprangers, Beverwijk († 1960)
• Levenloss Brakele, Den Helder
• Cornelia Pieternella van Klei († 2019)
• henri joosten
• Sylvia Susanne van Dam († 2023)

• Adrianus Katrinus Verwoert (62), Wageningen
• Albertien ALBERTS (62), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Snelder (80), Steenderen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Albertien ALBERTS (62), Groningen, Nederland, Groningen, Nederland
• Andreas Adriaan Hubregtse (73), Goes
• Anna Maria Brunold (71), Schiedam
• Berend Westing (76), Bierum (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Adermina de Freitas (69), Brasil
• Adrianus Johannes Ruijgt (63), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Baukjen Boukje Hessels Dölle (85), Gaasterland, Friesland, Netherlands

• 1957 » Lucio Gutiérrez, Ecuadorian politician, 52nd President of Ecuador
• 1958 » Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 » Etienne De Wilde, Belgian cyclist
• 1958 » Hugh Grant, Scottish business executive
• 1959 » Catherine Keener, American actress
• 1960 » Nicol Stephen, Baron Stephen, Scottish lawyer and politician, 2nd Deputy First Minister of Scotland
• 1961 » Craig Green, New Zealand rugby player
• 1961 » Helmi Johannes, Indonesian journalist and producer
• 1961 » Roger Crisp, English philosopher and academic
• 1962 » Steve Redgrave, English rower

• 1953 » Oskar Luts, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1955 » Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian politician, 12th President of Brazil (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Franklin Pierce Adams, American journalist and author (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Said Nursî, Turkish theologian and scholar (b. 1878)
• 1961 » Albert Bloch, American painter and educator (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Jack Russell, English cricketer (b. 1887)
• 1963 » Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician and logician (b. 1887)
• 1964 » Peter Lorre, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1965 » Mae Murray, American actress, dancer, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)

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 30 » The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
• June 23 » The United States Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world.
• November 2 » Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd, the Lady Chatterley's Lover case.
• December 1 » Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested (and later deported) from Hamburg, West Germany, after accusations of attempted arson.
• December 3 » The musical Camelot debuts at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. It will become associated with the Kennedy administration.
• December 14 » Convention against Discrimination in Education of UNESCO is adopted.

The temperature on March 23, 1960 was between -0.8 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.