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• NN Wiersma, Harderwijk
• Rabold Christoph Aloys Herman Joseph Pius Wittekind Heidenreich van Plettenberg-Lenhausen, Lenhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen († 1970)
• Matthijs Johannes Pleijsier, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Julie Evon van den Oever, Iowa (USA) († 2001)
• N.N. Boer, Oldenbroek (GLD) Nederland († 1960)
• Wilhelmus Simon Nicolaas van der Aa († 2013)
• Machiel van der Wilde († 1960)
• NICOLAAS MOSTERT, ROTTERDAM († 1993)
• Enoch Stuivenberg, Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Count Rabold of Plettenberg († 1970)

• Adriaantje Cornelia Ophof (93), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan den Hoedt (77), Vlaardingen
• Barberdina Mantel (74), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana J. van Prooyen (56)
• ALIDA VAN DER VELDEN (81), VLAARDINGEN
• Albert Lubbelinkhof (88), de Krim
• Abradina Jacoba Everdina Ploos van Amstel (86), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Angelina Janssens (64), Stabroek, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Bornhoft (78), Carroll, Iowa, United States
• Anna van der Landen (88), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1958 » Adam Gussow, American scholar, musician, and memoirist
• 1958 » Alec Baldwin, American actor, comedian, producer and television host
• 1958 » Francesca Woodman, Jewish-American photographer († 1981)
• 1959 » David Hyde Pierce, American actor and activist
• 1960 » Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Dutch singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1961 » Eddie Murphy, American actor and comedian
• 1961 » Tim Crews, American baseball player († 1993)
• 1962 » Dave Miley, American baseball player and manager
• 1962 » Jaya Prada, Indian actress and politician
• 1962 » Mike Ness, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1950 » Carter G. Woodson, American historian, author, and journalist, founded Black History Month (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Kurt Weill, German-American composer and pianist (b. 1900)
• 1951 » Henrik Visnapuu, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1952 » Miina Sillanpää, Finnish minister and politician (b. 1866)
• 1957 » Ned Sparks, Canadian-American actor (b. 1883)
• 1958 » Jaan Kärner, Estonian poet and author (b. 1891)
• 1962 » Manolis Kalomiris, Greek composer and educator (b. 1883)
• 1970 » Avigdor Hameiri, Israeli author (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Joseph Valachi, American gangster (b. 1904)
• 1972 » Ferde Grofé, American pianist and composer (b. 1892)

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. 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. 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.
• February 1 » Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
• March 21 » Apartheid: Sharpeville massacre, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.
• July 1 » Independence of Somalia.
• July 11 » France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina) and Niger.
• September 14 » Congo Crisis: With CIA help, Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.
• September 26 » In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.

The temperature on April 3, 1960 was between 9.0 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (31%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east.