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• Anna Siep Prins († 1960)
• Janneke Jans, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Helmut Tappel († 1985)
• NN Dol, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1960)
• Christina de Vries, Wolvega (F)
• Francis Rijke, New Zealand († 1960)
• Jacoba Groen van der, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1960)
• Gre Konijnenberg 9, Apeldoorn († 2017)
• Annique De Bisschop, Oudenaarde († 2007)
• NN Kloosterhuis, Groningen († 1960)

• berdina niessen (76), neer
• Abraham Bouman (47), Brielle
• Anna Gerarda Wind (61), Heerlen, LI, Netherlands
• Betje Veldhuizen (75), Ommen,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aleida Brinkcate (76), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• ADRIAANTJE MOUT (85), ROTTERDAM
• Adronia Maria VANLERBERGHE (86), Houthulst, 8650, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Arnold Godfried Peeters (81), Elen
• Adronie Maria Vanlerberghe (86), Houthulst
• Antje Varkevisser (87), Nieuw-Vennep, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1958 » Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Icelandic composer and producer
• 1958 » Ryan Walter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1959 » Unity Dow, Botswanan judge, author, and rights activist
• 1960 » Barry Douglas, Irish pianist and conductor
• 1960 » Claude Julien, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 » Léo Jaime, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1960 » Steve Clark, English guitarist and songwriter († 1991)
• 1960 » Valerie Bertinelli, American actress
• 1961 » George Lopez, American comedian, actor, and talk show host
• 1961 » Pierluigi Martini, Italian race car driver

• 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
• 1951 » Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Bak Jungyang, Korean politician
• 1965 » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)
• 1966 » George Ohsawa, Japanese founder of the Macrobiotic diet (b. 1893)
• 1981 » Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
• 1984 » Red Garland, American pianist (b. 1923)
• 1985 » Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1896)

• 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 21 » Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro.
• June 25 » Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.
• September 22 » The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.
• November 14 » Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.
• November 25 » The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated.
• December 17 » Munich C-131 crash: Twenty passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground are killed.

The temperature on April 23, 1960 was between 2.3 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.