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• Maria Helena Johanna den Ridder, Breda
• Dennis Gene de Kruyf
• Agatha van Brink, Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1992)
• Peter Philipp Strassheimer († 2004)
• Kathyrn Lynn Miller, Angola, Steuben Co.Indiana († 1967)
• Gerda Janna Vos, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2021)
• Berent Jannes Timmerman († 1960)
• Willem van Lingen
• Jan Blom († 1961)
• Siebe Witteveen († 1966)

• Cornelis KLIJSEN (88), Kaatsheuvel, Loon op Zand, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Kuhn (75), Elmont, Nassau, New York, Verenigde Staten
• (80), Den Haag
• Catharina Maria Zudinga (Zuidinga) (74)
• Antonius Johannes Suijker (35), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Wingelaar (57), Vleuten-De Meern, Utr, NL
• Catharina JANSEN (78), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Clara Roeleveld (85)
• Cornelia Johanna Hendrikse (81), Middelburg
• Adelaide Jane Meade

• 1955 » Angus Young, Scottish-Australian guitarist and songwriter
• 1955 » Svetozar Marović, President of Serbia and Montenegro
• 1957 » Alan Duncan, English businessman and politician, former Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
• 1959 » Markus Hediger, Swiss poet and translator
• 1961 » Howard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer
• 1961 » Ron Brown, American sprinter and football player
• 1962 » Olli Rehn, Finnish footballer and politician
• 1963 » Paul Mercurio, Australian actor and dancer
• 1964 » Mark Hoban, English accountant and politician
• 1965 » Tom Barrasso, American ice hockey player and coach

• 1944 » Mineichi Koga, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)
• 1945 » Frank Findlay, New Zealand banker and politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Hans Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1950 » Robert Natus, Estonian architect (b. 1890)
• 1952 » Wallace H. White, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Ralph DePalma, Italian-American race car driver and actor (b. 1884)
• 1968 » Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (b. 1885)
• 1970 » Semyon Timoshenko, Soviet Commander during the Winter War and the Eastern Front of World War II (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Percy Alliss, English golfer (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Paul Strand, American photographer and director (b. 1890)

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. Johan
16. Hans

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.
• February 29 » The 5.7M_w  Agadir earthquake shakes coastal Morocco with a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme), destroying Agadir, and leaving 12,000 dead and another 12,000 injured.
• April 26 » Forced out by the April Revolution, President of South Korea Syngman Rhee resigns after 12 years of dictatorial rule.
• May 9 » The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.
• August 1 » Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
• August 20 » Senegal breaks from the Mali Federation, declaring its independence.
• September 24 » USSEnterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.

The temperature on March 31, 1960 was between 4.0 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.