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• N.n. Claesen, Bergen op Zoom († 1960)
• James Allen Van Voorst, Zeeland (Ottawa), Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1995)
• Judy Kay McColloch, Potosi, Washington, Missouri, United States († 2016)
• Wilhelmina Marianne van Peski, Rotterdam
• Anja Fijan († 1992)
• Jelle Douwe Ruurds Abma, Folsgare, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1960)
• Marieke Bosgraaf, Surhuizum, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 2015)
• Jacob Albert Swarts, 's-Hertogenbosch, Gemeente 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1961)
• Dan Eric Ransom, Los Angeles County, California, United States of America († 2020)
• Patti Ann Schindler, Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 2015)

• Abel Théophile Alfred MEEZEMAEKER (81), Quaëdypre... Hauts de France
• Adrianus Benjamin de Haan (78), Alblasserdam
• Anne Leever (93), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Celestina Adriana Musters (60), 's-Gravenhage
• Anton Jan Adriaan van Herzeele (77), 's Gravenhage (Den Haag, The Hague, La Haye), Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana Verburg (64), Rotterdam
• Arnoldus Sweep (90), Breda
• Arie van der Hoek (77), Delft (ZH-NLD)
• Christiaan Frederik Kroeze (71), Amsterdam
• Arent Stoffer Pothof (70), Zwolle

• 1959 » Badou Ezzaki, Moroccan footballer and manager
• 1959 » David Frankel, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1959 » Gelindo Bordin, Italian runner
• 1959 » Juha Kankkunen, Finnish race car driver
• 1959 » Yves Lavandier, French director and producer
• 1960 » Brad Jones, Australian race car driver
• 1960 » Linford Christie, Jamaican-English sprinter
• 1960 » Pascale Nadeau, Canadian journalist
• 1961 » Buddy Jewell, American singer-songwriter
• 1961 » Christopher Meloni, American actor

• 1933 » Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Édouard Estaunié, French novelist (b. 1862)
• 1948 » Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (b. 1885)
• 1966 » C. S. Forester, English novelist (b. 1899)
• 1972 » Franz Halder, German general (b. 1884)
• 1972 » Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese martial artist and educator (b. 1887)
• 1974 » Georges Pompidou, French banker and politician, 19th President of France (b. 1911)
• 1977 » Walter Wolf, German academic and politician (b. 1907)

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.
• April 9 » Dr Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa and architect of apartheid, narrowly survives an assassination attempt by a white farmer, David Pratt in Johannesburg.
• May 1 » Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.
• May 3 » The Off-Broadway musical comedy The Fantasticks opens in New York City's Greenwich Village, eventually becoming the longest-running musical of all time.
• September 26 » In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
• November 4 » At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Dr. Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.
• November 8 » John F. Kennedy is elected as the 35th President of the United States.

The temperature on April 2, 1960 was between 3.5 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.