About the day » Thursday May 5, 1960Calender converter

• Wilhelmina Van der Plank, Dordrecht († 2013)
• Willem Horjus, Bolsward († 2010)
• Toni Ann Filiti († 2012)
• Jan Kruijt, Katwijk († 2012)
• Reinalda Johanna Theresia Bos, Den Helder
• Monique van der Burght, Ulestraten, Limburg, Nederland († 1960)
• Jan Kruijt, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Lawrence J Patane Jr, Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Alie Peters, Hoog Soeren († 1961)
• Daphne van Vliet, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2013)

• Aaltje de Bruin (82), Gronau, Duitsland
• Andreas Jacobus Petrus van Kester (71), Poeldijk
• Albertus van Breukelen (78), Soest
• Andreas Jacobus Petrus van Kester (71), Poeldijk (Z-H), Nederland
• adrianus de HEUS (69), den haag
• Andreas Jacobus van Kester (71), Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje de Vries (74), Oldehove
• Barend Streefland (76)
• Antje de Vries (74), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bartholomeus Kamp (81), Waspik

• 1958 » Robert DiPierdomenico, Australian footballer and sportscaster
• 1958 » Ron Arad, Israeli colonel and pilot († 1986)
• 1959 » Bobby Ellsworth, American singer and bass player
• 1959 » Brian Williams, American journalist
• 1959 » Ian McCulloch, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 » Steve Stevens, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1960 » Doug Hawkins, Australian footballer and sportscaster
• 1961 » Hiroshi Hase, Japanese wrestler and politician
• 1961 » Marg Downey, Australian actress
• 1961 » Rob Williams, American basketball player († 2014)

• 1942 » Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)
• 1947 » Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 1957 » Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1965 » John Waters, American director and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1965 » Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer (b. 1915)
• 1971 » Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (b. 1887)
• 1973 » Zekai Özger, Turkish poet and academic (b. 1948)
• 1977 » Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)

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.
• June 25 » Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.
• August 9 » South Kasai secedes from the Congo.
• August 13 » The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
• October 12 » Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at the United Nations to protest a Philippine assertion.
• November 3 » The land that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was established by an Act of Congress after a year-long legal battle that pitted local residents against Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials wishing to turn the Great Swamp into a major regional airport for jet aircraft.
• December 11 » French forces crack down in a violent clash with protesters in French Algeria during a visit by French President Charles de Gaulle.

The temperature on May 5, 1960 was between 0.2 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.