About the day » Saturday March 5, 1960Calender converter

• Cornelis Margaretha Kools, Woensdrecht († 1960)
• Andreas (André) NAN, Venhuizen,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• Darrel James Glatz, Corry Pensylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1960)
• Freddy Louncke, Moeskroen,, Belgium († 2000)
• Baauw, Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1960)
• Trijntje Schepers († 2016)
• Jacobus Franciscus Pater, Kampen († 2008)
• Ruud Monster, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Stilgeboren kind Baauw, Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland († 1960)
• Joseph Johannes Maria Schepers, Nieuw-Schoonebeek (NL) († 1960)

• Aart van Ommeren (66), Bussum
• Aaltje Martens Ettema (79), Dokkum, Dongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Konings (79), Wouw
• Abeletje Jozefs van Kammen (85), Drachtstercompagnie
• Albert Jan Willems Bulder (81), Den Ham
• Agnes Damen (73), Sittard
• Baauw (0), Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Fenna Hendrika Geertruida Wiberika Martha Van Dalfsen (66), Purmerend
• Anna Rongen (79), Venray, Limburg, Nederland
• Ann Stanley (89), Webster, Kentucky

• 1956 » Christopher Snowden, English engineer and academic
• 1956 » Teena Marie, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2010)
• 1957 » Mark E. Smith, English singer, songwriter and musician († 2018)
• 1957 » Ray Suarez, American journalist and author
• 1958 » Andy Gibb, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor († 1988)
• 1958 » Bob Forward, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 » Volodymyr Bezsonov, Ukrainian footballer and manager
• 1959 » Vazgen Sargsyan, Armenian colonel and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Armenia († 1999)
• 1960 » Paul Drayson, Baron Drayson, English businessman and politician, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology
• 1963 » Joel Osteen, American pastor, author, and television host

• 1953 » Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1897)
• 1953 » Joseph Stalin, Soviet dictator and politician of Georgian descent, 2nd leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1891)
• 1955 » Antanas Merkys, Lithuanian lawyer and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Lithuania (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Cowboy Copas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1913)
• 1963 » Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)
• 1963 » Patsy Cline, American singer-songwriter (b. 1932)
• 1965 » Chen Cheng, Chinese general and politician, 27th Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1897)
• 1965 » Pepper Martin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1904)
• 1966 » Anna Akhmatova, Ukrainian-Russian poet, author, and translator (b. 1889)

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.
• January 21 » Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
• February 16 » The U.S. Navy submarine USSTriton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
• March 9 » Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis.
• July 11 » France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina) and Niger.
• September 8 » In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1).
• November 2 » Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd, the Lady Chatterley's Lover case.

The temperature on March 5, 1960 was between 2.2 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.