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• Carolien van den Bos, Idaarderadeel († 1998)
• Ludovicus Messing, Heemstede († 1992)
• Carola de Bruin, De Cocksdorp (Texel, NH) († 2020)
• Bernardus Johanneas Slagers, Almelo († 1960)
• Carolien van den Bos, Idaarderadeel († 1998)
• Peter de Leest, Lieshout († 1980)
• Todd Busenbark, Kansas City (Wyandotte County) (Kansas) († 1961)
• Marianne de Groot, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Bryony Amanda Helen Estcourt, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe († 2009)
• Levenloos geboren kind Kuijs, Limmen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1960)

• Alida Josina Elisabeth de Jongh (62), Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• Anna Maria Nijhuis (76)
• Carolina Elisabeth Wissink (91)
• Barbara Adriana Beukeboom (48), Groesbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Charles A Miner (67), Wilmar Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Bergsma (79), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antoine Nicolas Nolst Trénité (98), Deventer
• Adrianus Cornelis Speekenbrink (68), Gilze en Rijen
• Adrianus Jacobus Miltenburg (85), Cothen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aartje de Joode (88), Bergambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1958 » Bobby Farrelly, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 » Jello Biafra, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1958 » Pierre Berbizier, French rugby player and coach
• 1958 » Sam Hamad, Syrian-Canadian academic and politician
• 1959 » Carol Anderson, American author and historian
• 1959 » Lawrence Haddad, South African-English economist and academic
• 1959 » Nikos Stavropoulos, Greek basketball player and coach
• 1960 » Adrián Campos, Spanish race car driver
• 1960 » Thomas Haden Church, American actor
• 1961 » Kōichi Yamadera, Japanese actor and singer

• 1952 » Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (b. 1914)
• 1954 » Danny Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (b. 1920)
• 1956 » Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (b. 1926)
• 1956 » Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Dorothy Richardson, English journalist and author (b. 1873)
• 1957 » J. R. Williams, Canadian-American cartoonist (b. 1888)
• 1961 » Jeff Chandler, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1963 » Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician (b. 1882)
• 1968 » José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1901)

• 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.
• May 6 » More than 20million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Anthony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.
• July 11 » Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• August 1 » Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.
• August 6 » Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
• September 8 » In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1).
• December 3 » The musical Camelot debuts at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. It will become associated with the Kennedy administration.

The temperature on June 17, 1960 was between 13.6 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.