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• Rob van der Valk († 2010)
• Dirk Jan Verveda, Holten
• Peter Booij († 2021)
• Henny Baartmans, Utrecht, Nederland († 2018)
• Truus Libregts, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2017)
• Albert Hindriks, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1962)
• Robert Edward Klausen, Amboy († 1960)
• Joan Violet Gillespie, Marton, Rangitikei, NZ
• David Clark Boissevain, Concord (Massachusetts)
• Peter Booij, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 2021)

• Adrianus van Gompel (71), Berkel
• Antonetta Hendrika de Bruijn (72), Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert D Sevy (48), Panguitch, Garfield, Utah, United States
• Albert Hebels (60), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anne Maria Schröder (81)
• Antonetta Hendrika Bruijn de (72), Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernardus Suvaal (83), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Suvaal (83), Schiedam, Nederland
• Albert Stuart Garren (44), Roanoake, Virginia
• Aaltje Faken (72), Glanerbrug, Enschede, Overijssel, 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)

• 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 18 » Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal Capital Airlines crash in as many years.
• January 19 » Japan and the United States sign the US–Japan Mutual Security Treaty
• May 1 » Formation of the western Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra; also known as "Maharashtra Day".
• May 23 » A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile the previous day kills 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii.
• September 26 » In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.

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.