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• Johan Henk van't Hag, Almelo († 1998)
• Spee, Neer († 1960)
• Peter van den Brekel, Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1984)
• Lani Jo Pruisner († 1960)
• Andreas Fokker, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland Nederland
• Anita Biel († 2008)
• Peter Vincentius Franciscus Marie van den Brekel, Heerlen, LI Netherlands († 1984)
• Tonny Dita Annette Vis, Lunteren († 2008)
• Carina Elisabeth Mathieu Bosmans, Bree, Provincie Limburg, België († 1960)
• Geneviève Christiane Jeanine Agnès de Maet, Etterbeek, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1981)

• Arnoldus Johannes Kuipers (57), Haaksbergen, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Amelia Maria AELBRECHT (65), Lebbeke,9280,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Anna Maria Lambrechts (89), Alkmaar
• alwine henriette reckmann (80), velp
• Aloijsia Anna Catharina Maria Schade van Westrum (68), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Alice Carey Brosius (83), Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Annigje Hammink Voors (68), Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aloysia Anna Catharina Maria SCHADE van WESTRUM (68), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alfons De Ridder (78), Antwerpen
• Aart van den Berg (89), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1957 » Jim Craig, American ice hockey player
• 1959 » Andrea de Cesaris, Italian racing driver († 2014)
• 1959 » Phil Wilson, English politician
• 1960 » Chris Elliott, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
• 1960 » Greg Adams, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman
• 1960 » Peter Winterbottom, English rugby player
• 1961 » Justin Madden, Australian footballer and politician
• 1961 » Lea Thompson, American actress, director, and producer
• 1961 » Ray Cote, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1962 » Corey Hart, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer

• 1945 » Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (b. 1904)
• 1954 » Antonis Benakis, Greek art collector and philanthropist, founded the Benaki Museum (b. 1873)
• 1957 » Leopold Staff, Polish poet and academic (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Stefanos Sarafis, Greek general and politician (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Walther Funk, German economist, journalist, and politician, German Minister of Economics (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Willem Elsschot, Flemish author and poet (b. 1882)
• 1962 » Henry F. Ashurst, American lawyer and politician (b. 1874)
• 1967 » Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (b. 1915)
• 1970 » Terry Sawchuk, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1929)
• 1976 » Jacques Monod, French biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)

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.
• February 19 » China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
• May 13 » Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
• June 23 » The United States Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world.
• July 11 » Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• August 20 » Senegal breaks from the Mali Federation, declaring its independence.
• October 29 » An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio.

The temperature on May 31, 1960 was between 4.4 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.