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• Albert Hindriks, Valthermond Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland († 1962)
• Albert Hindriks, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1962)
• Peter Booij († 2021)
• Hans Kockengen Hilhorst, Kockengen († 1960)
• David Clark Boissevain, Concord (Massachusetts)
• Dirk Jan Verveda, Holten
• Rob van der Valk († 2010)
• Randy S Lehmkuhl, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1960)
• Truus Libregts, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2017)
• hupie bouten, helden-panningen († 1970)

• Catharina Voorendt (77), Vleuten-De Meern
• Aaltje WILDEMAN (66), Dubbeldam
• Adrianus van Gompel (71), Berkel
• Bruno Louis Floris Luc Buelens (0), Sint Joost-ten-Noode
• Cornelia Korteweg (84), De Bilt-Netherlands
• Aaltje Faken (72), Glanerbrug, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albert Stuart Garren (44), Roanoake, Virginia
• Adrianus Wagener (88), Tilburg
• Bernardus Suvaal (83), Schiedam, Nederland
• Antonetta Hendrika Bruijn de (72), Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1958 » Christian Audigier, French fashion designer († 2015)
• 1958 » Michael Crick, English journalist and author
• 1958 » Muffy Calder, Canadian-Scottish computer scientist and academic
• 1959 » Abdulla Yameen, Maldivian politician, 6th President of the Maldives
• 1959 » Nick Cassavetes, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1960 » Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer († 1994)
• 1960 » Kent Hrbek, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1960 » Mark Ridgway, Australian cricketer
• 1960 » Mohanlal, Indian actor
• 1960 » Vladimir Salnikov, Russian swimmer

• 1949 » Klaus Mann, German-American novelist, playwright, and critic (b. 1906)
• 1952 » John Garfield, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1956 » Harry Bensley, English businessman and adventurer (b. 1877)
• 1957 » Alexander Vertinsky, Ukrainian-Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1889)
• 1964 » James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Geoffrey de Havilland, English pilot and engineer, designed the de Havilland Mosquito (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Marguerite Bise, French chef (b. 1898)
• 1968 » Doris Lloyd, English actress (b. 1896)
• 1970 » E. L. Grant Watson, English-Australian biologist and author (b. 1885)
• 1973 » Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, bandleader, and actor (b. 1911)

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. Johan
16. Hans

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 » National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami.
• January 19 » Japan and the United States sign the US–Japan Mutual Security Treaty
• January 28 » The National Football League announced expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for 1961 NFL season.
• January 30 » The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
• June 20 » The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
• October 12 » Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at the United Nations to protest a Philippine assertion.

The temperature on May 21, 1960 was between 7.5 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.