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• Berta Walraven Borst, Amersfoort († 1960)
• Fredericus Cornelis Hubertus Anna Maria Adank († 1970)
• Dawn Marie Coupanger, Faribault, Rice, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Corry van Dooreman, Herentals († 1976)
• Berta Walraven Borst, Amersfoort († 1960)
• Wim Nicolay († 2023)
• irene elisabeth maria (ireen) beumers, helden-grashoek
• Harry Groot, Heemskerk

• Annie Frances {Bauerle} O'Dea (76), Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States of America
• "Aly" Solomone Khan (48), Paris
• Ardina Hoorn (61), Goirle
• Anna Elisabeth Van Rooij (85), Blaricum
• Ali Salman (Soloman) Aga Khan (48)
• Aly Salomone Khan (48), Paris, Ile-de-France, France
• aagje johanna van OVERHAGEN (54), eindhoven
• Aagtje Staal (95), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Houët (94), Drunen
• Antje Schouten (88), Makkum

• 1958 » Andreas Petroulakis, Greek cartoonist
• 1958 » Dries van Noten, Belgian fashion designer
• 1958 » Kim Greist, American actress
• 1959 » Dave Christian, American ice hockey player
• 1959 » Ray Gillen, American rock singer-songwriter († 1993)
• 1959 » Ving Rhames, American actor
• 1960 » Lisa Martin, Australian runner
• 1961 » Billy Duffy, English rock guitarist and songwriter
• 1961 » Bruce McCulloch, Canadian actor and comedian
• 1961 » Thomas Dooley, German-American soccer player and manager

• 1956 » Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1957 » Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1885)
• 1963 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1963 » Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor (b. 1875)
• 1966 » Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (b. 1896)
• 1967 » John Masefield, English poet and author (b. 1878)
• 1970 » Nelly Sachs, German poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Heinie Manush, American baseball player and coach (b. 1901)

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.
• 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.
• March 22 » Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.
• October 1 » Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• October 29 » An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio.
• November 14 » Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.

The temperature on May 12, 1960 was between 10.9 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.