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• Bart Reinier Küh, Paramaribo, Suriname († 1960)
• Steven Edward Howe († 1988)
• Johnny Lee Whitaker, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois († 1960)
• Harrel David Huskey, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Margaret Jacoba Jansen, Surrey Hills NSW Australia († 2009)
• Conny Raaijmakers, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)
• luc devroe, bruxelles († 1961)
• Maria Hendrika Arnolda Antonia van Hoogstraten, Berghem, 5351 († 1986)
• Douwe Huitema, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Nicoline Sophie van Hardeveld († 2009)

• Anna Maria Paula Denise Empereur (100), Tienen, Brabant, Belgie
• Christiaan Gillis Smael (72), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Alexander Filippus Regenspurg (80), Enschede
• Berend Halff (6), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Frans Pieter Onderwater (79), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Burton Schiesser (87)
• Christiaan Blok (65), Leiden
• Adrianus Johannes Hendrikus van den Huijsen (83), Zaandam
• Aaltje Stad (78), Garmerwolde ( Ten Boer )
• Gustin (0), Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1959 » Andreas Busse, German runner
• 1959 » Charles Hendry, English politician
• 1960 » Aleksei Lotman, Estonian biologist and politician
• 1960 » Anne Parillaud, French actress
• 1960 » John Flansburgh, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1960 » Keith Dowding, English political scientist, philosopher, and academic
• 1960 » Lyudmila Andonova, Bulgarian high jumper
• 1960 » Roma Downey, Irish-American actress and producer
• 1961 » George Clooney, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 » Oleksandr Apaychev, Ukrainian decathlete and coach

• 1951 » Élie Cartan, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (b. 1870)
• 1959 » Maria Dulęba, Polish actress (b. 1881)
• 1959 » Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic (b. 1907)
• 1961 » Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1895)
• 1963 » Monty Woolley, American raconteur, actor, and director (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Ted Weems, American violinist, trombonist, and bandleader (b. 1901)
• 1963 » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1881)
• 1967 » Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator (b. 1885)
• 1970 » Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general (b. 1879)

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.
• February 3 » British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government was likely to support decolonisation.
• February 13 » With the success of a nuclear test codenamed "Gerboise Bleue", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons.
• April 21 » Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro.
• 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.
• July 20 » The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USSGeorge Washington, for the first time.
• November 14 » Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.

The temperature on May 6, 1960 was between 6.2 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (78%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.