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• Johanna Petronella Honkoop
• Robert Bernard Marten Plante, voorburg
• Elly Swennen, Rotem, België († 2019)
• Karin Tanke († 2001)
• Françoise BAUSART, Balen, 2490, Antwerpen, Belgique († 2024)
• Adelbert Wilhelmus Maria van de Hulsbeek, Geertruidenberg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• André de Koster, TIlburg († 1981)
• Francoise Bausart, Balen († 2024)
• blessing dieter, esslingen
• Jan Constant Anna HOUBEN, Genk (Limburg) (B) († 1960)

• Catharina Kieft (70), Alkmaar
• Adrianus van de Wiel (83), Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alexander Simpson Bennett (71), St Louis, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Dirk Hoek (71), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arrey Elizabeth Davis (89), Rutherford County, North Carolina
• Adriaan van de Wiel (83), Oisterwijk
• Arend Anton Jacobus Van Riemsdijk (73), 's-Gravenhage
• Adrianus Nicolaas van Dam (81), Heemskerk
• Arie de Vormer (70), Den Helder
• Ary Dionisius Camphuijsen (75), Downey, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten

• 1957 » Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player († 1979)
• 1958 » Gaétan Boucher, Canadian speed skater
• 1958 » Rick Santorum, American lawyer and politician, United States Senator from Pennsylvania
• 1959 » Cindy Hyde-Smith, American politician, United States Senator from Mississippi, Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce
• 1959 » Danny Schayes, American basketball player
• 1959 » Victoria Rowell, American actress
• 1960 » Bono, Irish singer-songwriter, musician and activist
• 1960 » Dean Heller, American lawyer and politician, United States Senator from Nevada, Secretary of State of Nevada
• 1960 » Merlene Ottey, Jamaican-Slovenian runner
• 1963 » Lisa Nowak, American commander and astronaut

• 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (b. 1929)
• 1974 » Hal Mohr, American director and cinematographer (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)
• 1982 » Peter Weiss, German playwright and painter (b. 1916)

• 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 6 » The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.
• January 14 » The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority, is established.
• July 8 » Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.
• August 16 » Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• September 14 » Congo Crisis: With CIA help, Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.
• December 16 » A United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground.

The temperature on May 10, 1960 was between 10.9 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.