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• Jeffrey Leerhoff († 2021)
• Ronnie Todd, Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Leo Mensinga, Fochteloo, Ooststellingwerf († 2015)
• Arend van Nuil, Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2023)
• Elisabeth Koppers, Amsterdam
• Donald Clayton Bomgaars, Orange County, California († 1980)
• Pim Leenheer, Zeist
• Blair Eliot Kooistra, Harvey, IL
• Johanna C.J.M. van Roozendaal, Gilze en Rijen († 2008)
• Carla Cornelia Stolk († 2005)

• Aaltje Jelkes Nijboer (84), Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Antoni Willem Hartman (82), 's Gravenhage
• Anna Hoogkamer (72), Maria Stichting Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hubertina Savelsberg (73), Kerkrade, Limburg, Netherlands
• A(Antonius) Bruns (79), Denekamp
• Aldert Oudekerk (78)
• Aleida Omvlee (68), Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonius Bruns (79), Denekamp (gem.)
• Albertus Antonius Maria Gründemann (71), 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland
• Arie Duineveld (65), Velsen

• 1958 » Pedro Bial, Brazilian journalist and producer
• 1958 » Travis Childers, American businessman and politician
• 1959 » Barry Blanchard, Canadian mountaineer
• 1959 » Brad McCrimmon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2011)
• 1959 » Perry Farrell, American singer-songwriter
• 1960 » Wayne Pearce, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1961 » Amy Sedaris, American actress and comedian
• 1961 » Gary Brabham, English-Australian race car driver
• 1961 » Michael Winterbottom, English director and producer
• 1961 » Mike Kingery, American baseball player

• 1940 » Alexander Obolensky, Russian-English rugby player and soldier (b. 1916)
• 1948 » Harry Price, English parapsychologist and author (b. 1881)
• 1957 » Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish novelist (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Barthélemy Boganda, African priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1910)
• 1963 » August Rei, Estonian soldier, journalist, and politician, 12th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian dentist and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1898)
• 1970 » Anna Louise Strong, American journalist and author (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Dhirendranath Datta, Pakistani lawyer and politician (b. 1886)
• 1972 » J. Arthur Rank, English businessman, founded Rank Organisation (b. 1888)
• 1980 » Mantovani, Italian-English conductor and composer (b. 1905)

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.
• March 5 » Indonesian President Sukarno dismissed the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR), 1955 democratically elected parliament, and replaced with DPR-GR, the parliament of his own selected members.
• April 26 » Forced out by the April Revolution, President of South Korea Syngman Rhee resigns after 12 years of dictatorial rule.
• April 27 » Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship.
• May 23 » A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile the previous day kills 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii.
• May 27 » In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office.
• September 14 » Congo Crisis: With CIA help, Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.

The temperature on March 29, 1960 was between 4.8 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.