About the day » Sunday March 6, 1960Calender converter

• Machteld Mercedes van Veldhoven, Curaçao († 1962)
• N.N. Rosenkrantz, Eindhoven († 1960)
• Marleen Germaine Corten, Aalst (Oost-Vlaanderen, België) († 1985)
• Gerda Verberne, Asten-Heusden,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1988)
• Johnny (tweeling met Henny) Suiskens 57jr, Winnipeg Canada († 2017)
• Henny (tweeling met Johnny) Suiskens, amsterdam, Nederland († 2017)
• Cornelia Petronella Maria van Rosmalen
• Eva van het Ende
• David Earl JARNIGAN († 2015)
• Catharina Maria van der Vleut, Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Abraham de Boer (83), Siddeburen (Slochteren-Gr)
• Aaltien - Aaltje Wolters (95), The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Tassie Slight **** (75), San Francisco, California, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus van Veghel (76), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Spruyt (72), Helden
• Aarnout Volmer (66), Vlissingen
• Alfredo Michele CASALE (61), PITTSBURGH, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Anton Arkenau (80), Germany
• Anna Catharina van de Sandt (82), Krefeld,Nordrhein-Westfalen,Deutschland
• Antonetta Schillemans (75), Steenbergen, N-Br, NL

• 1955 » Alberta Watson, Canadian actress († 2015)
• 1955 » Cyprien Ntaryamira, Burundian politician, 5th President of Burundi († 1994)
• 1956 » Peter Roebuck, English cricketer, journalist, and sportcaster († 2011)
• 1956 » Steve Vizard, Australian television host, actor, and producer
• 1960 » Sleepy Floyd, American basketball player and coach
• 1962 » Alison Nicholas, British golfer
• 1963 » D. L. Hughley, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964 » Linda Pearson, Scottish sport shooter
• 1965 » Allan Bateman, Welsh rugby player
• 1965 » Jim Knight, English politician

• 1951 » Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1893)
• 1951 » Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Ukraine (b. 1880)
• 1952 » Jürgen Stroop, German general (b. 1895)
• 1955 » Mammad Amin Rasulzade, Azerbaijani scholar and politician (b. 1884)
• 1961 » George Formby, English singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
• 1964 » Paul of Greece (b. 1901)
• 1965 » Margaret Dumont, American actress (b. 1889)
• 1967 » John Haden Badley, English author and educator, founded the Bedales School (b. 1865)
• 1967 » Nelson Eddy, American actor and singer (b. 1901)
• 1967 » Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, linguist, and philosopher (b. 1882)

• 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 14 » The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority, is established.
• January 21 » Avianca Flight 671 crashes at Montego Bay, Jamaica airport, killing 37 people.
• January 25 » The National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the "payola" scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accept money for playing particular records.
• January 30 » The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
• July 20 » The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USSGeorge Washington, for the first time.
• November 1 » While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.

The temperature on March 6, 1960 was between -0.1 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.