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• Matilda Helen Sommers, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten
• Sjoerdje Kuipers, Ljouwert, Friesland, Nederland († 2011)
• Frederik Johannes Bruin, den Haag († 2015)
• Nigel Wayne BUTLER († 1984)
• Catharina Maria Alsemgeest, Den Haag († 2004)
• Patricia Lee Hamstra
• Oscar Boudewijn Broens, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Harrie Kaper, Warffum, Groningen, Nederland († 2001)
• David Hamming, Vancouver, Canada († 2005)
• Andre Jeanne Julien Suykens, Reet († 2002)

• Bartheld Jan Bakker (29), Het Bildt
• David Eugène Victor Nicolas Keppenne (79), Susteren, Provincie Limburg, Nederland
• Alida Fontein (80), 's Gravenhage, Nederland
• Alida Fontein (80), 's-Gravenhage
• August Willems (70), Enkhuizen
• Anna Maria van der Stappen (67), Oss
• Adrianus Petrus Coppens (68), Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Abraham van Vliet (86), Rotterdam
• Antonia Venis (78), Sittard, Gemeente Sittard-Geleen, Limburg, Nederland
• Abraham Bouman (47), Brielle

• 1959 » Catherine Mary Stewart, Canadian actress
• 1959 » Keith Boanas, English footballer and manager
• 1959 » Ryan Stiles, American-Canadian actor and producer
• 1959 » Terry Francona, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1960 » Lloyd Honeyghan, Jamaican-English boxer
• 1960 » Mart Laar, Estonian historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Estonia
• 1960 » Randall L. Stephenson, American businessman
• 1961 » Alo Mattiisen, Estonian composer († 1996)
• 1961 » Ann McKechin, Scottish lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
• 1961 » Dewey Nicks, American photographer and director

• 1944 » Nikolaos Roussen, Greek captain (b. 1913)
• 1945 » Käthe Kollwitz, German painter and sculptor (b. 1867)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
• 1946 » Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1946 » Lionel Atwill, English-American actor (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Charles Middleton, American actor (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Charles Hamilton Houston, American lawyer and academic (b. 1895)
• 1951 » Horace Donisthorpe, English myrmecologist and coleopterist (b. 1870)
• 1956 » Walt Faulkner, American race car driver (b. 1918)
• 1968 » Stephen H. Sholes, American record producer (b. 1911)

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.
• January 24 » Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police.
• May 16 » Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
• July 8 » Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.
• July 21 » Sirimavo Bandaranaike is elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, becoming the world's first female head of government
• August 1 » Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
• October 19 » The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.

The temperature on April 22, 1960 was between 2.2 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.