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• Steve D. Colbert, Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Terrence William Ploegstra, Nobles, MN
• Geneva Kay van Tilburg († 2002)
• Goverdina Bosmans, Valkenswaard (NB, NLD) († 2016)
• Tom SEGERS, Reusel,,Noord Brabant,PAYS BAS († 2018)
• Johannes Ronald van Korlaar, Soest († 1985)
• Angeli Sebilla Kessels, Wittem, 3249, Limburg, Niederlande († 1961)
• margaretha leonarda johanna maria (ingrid) daniels, helden-beringe
• Craig Alexander Bell, Shreveport (Bossier County) (Louisiana) († 2000)
• Gary Merle Waagmeester, Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa († 2017)

• Claude Ernest Viney (68), Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia
• Alexandra Anna Maria Margaretha van Hensbergen (0), Haarlem,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Ruitenberg (80), Lutjebroek
• Cornelia W, Katie W, SCHAPER, LITTLE (70), Midland Park, Bergen, New Jersey, United States of America
• Christina Verstegen (79), Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Clasina Merbel van de (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Cleuskens (84), Smeermaas (Lanaken), Limburg (B)
• Christiaan NOORLANDER (68), Naarden
• Catharina Johanna Gernler (74), Middelburg
• Antonia Stuifzand (88), Vlaardinger-Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1959 » Alan Wilder, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1959 » Martin Brundle, English racing driver and sportscaster
• 1960 » Elena Mukhina, Russian gymnast († 2006)
• 1960 » Giorgos Lillikas, Cypriot politician, 8th Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1960 » Lucy McBath, American politician
• 1960 » Sergey Kuznetsov, Russian footballer and manager
• 1960 » Simon Gallup, English musician (The Cure)
• 1960 » Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player and coach († 2012)
• 1961 » Mark Curry, American actor
• 1961 » Paul Coffey, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1952 » John Dewey, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1859)
• 1953 » Emanuel Vidović, Croatian painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish-German journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1960 » Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Paula Hitler, German-Austrian sister of Adolf Hitler (b. 1896)
• 1962 » Adolf Eichmann, a German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer (b. 1906)
• 1963 » Walter Lee, Australian politician, 24th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1874)
• 1965 » Curly Lambeau, American football player and coach, founded the Green Bay Packers (b. 1898)
• 1966 » Papa Jack Laine, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1873)
• 1968 » Helen Keller, American author and activist (b. 1880)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Peter
4. Cornelis
5. Willem
6. John
7. Hendrik
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 » Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee.
• April 15 » At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
• May 3 » The Off-Broadway musical comedy The Fantasticks opens in New York City's Greenwich Village, eventually becoming the longest-running musical of all time.
• August 11 » Chad declares independence.
• November 28 » Mauritania becomes independent of France.

The temperature on June 1, 1960 was between 6.7 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (84%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.