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• Johannes M.A.M. De Wildt, Oudenbosch († 2000)
• Johannes Antonius Gerardus Thonen, Beuningen († 1999)
• levenloos van de Rijke, Breda, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1960)
• Jannetje Adriaantje Bregman, Benthuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• NN van de Rijke, Breda († 1960)
• Pedro Reyes, Waelder, Texas († 2013)
• Don Michael Mowers, Buffalo, Erie, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1991)
• Adolf A. Radstake, Gorssel († 1998)
• Daniel D Alvarado, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, United States of America († 1982)
• Anje Heun, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 2005)

• Anna Henrietta Wilhelmina van Bloemen Waanders (77), Soestdijk
• Carolina Mathilda Rutgers (74)
• Alberdiena Kostwinder (53)
• Caroline Mathilde Rutgerst (74), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Nicolaas van Dam
• Cornelis (78), Driebergen-Rijssenburg
• 00 Pieter Euser (60)
• Anna Henriette Wilhelmina van Bloemen Waanders (77), Soest, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bastiaan Leeuwenburgh (78), Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Martha Tops (77), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland

• 1956 » Martyn Ware, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
• 1956 » Oliver Letwin, English philosopher and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• 1957 » Bill Laimbeer, American basketball player and coach
• 1957 » James Reyne, Nigerian-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1961 » Gregory Poirier, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 » Vadim Cojocaru, Moldovan politician
• 1961 » Wayne Van Dorp, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1963 » Filippo Galli, Italian footballer and manager
• 1964 » John Lee, South Korean-American football player
• 1964 » Peter Jackson, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster († 1997)

• 1945 » Philipp Bouhler, German soldier and politician (b. 1889)
• 1946 » Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist (b. 1869)
• 1950 » Daniel Ciugureanu, Romanian physician and politician, Prime Minister of Moldova (b. 1884)
• 1954 » Charles Ives, American composer and educator (b. 1874)
• 1958 » Archie Scott Brown, Scottish race car driver (b. 1927)
• 1958 » Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian (b. 1870)
• 1958 » Ronald Colman, English actor (b. 1891)
• 1963 » Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author (b. 1871)
• 1969 » Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1901)
• 1971 » Ogden Nash, American poet (b. 1902)

• 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.
• March 9 » Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis.
• April 25 » The United States Navy submarine USSTriton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
• August 19 » Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants.
• September 5 » Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.
• December 9 » The first episode of Coronation Street, the world's longest-running television soap opera, is broadcast in the United Kingdom.
• December 15 » Richard Pavlick is arrested for plotting to assassinate U.S. President-Elect John F. Kennedy.

The temperature on May 19, 1960 was between 10.0 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.