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• jacobus j.m. (jack) kessels, meijel
• Geertruida Maria Josephina van Efferen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Harry Andrew Lamberts Ubels († 1960)
• Ernstina Kroon, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Hennie Strijker, Schuinesloot († 2010)
• Timothy A. Johnson, Bloomington, IN († 2014)
• Egbert Verkaik, Alkmaar († 1960)
• Levenloos van Roon, Den Helder († 1960)
• Jan Kimenai, Dongen († 1981)
• Adriana Trientje Tuitman, Middelstum

• Bernardus Cornelis Pouw (55), Utrecht
• Antoinetta van den BOOM (60), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia van Appeldoorn (69), Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelis (2) Roks (53), Breda
• Anna van Gils (70), Breda
• Adrianus Antonius van Antwerpen (68), Tilburg
• André François Joseph LE CAM (57), Paris 18, Paris, Île-de-France, France
• Albert Wigeri van Edema (79), Zierikzee
• Charles Lyman Bymam MILLER (65), Pennsylvania, United States
• Cornelia van Appeldoorn (69), Woerden

• 1955 » E. Lynn Harris, American author († 2009)
• 1956 » Peter Reid, English footballer and manager
• 1956 » Sohn Suk-hee, South Korean newscaster
• 1958 » Kelly Johnson, English hard rock guitarist and songwriter († 2007)
• 1960 » John Taylor, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor
• 1960 » Philip M. Parker, American economist and author
• 1963 » Kirk Baptiste, American sprinter
• 1963 » Mark Ovenden, British author and broadcaster
• 1964 » Pierfrancesco Chili, Italian motorcycle racer
• 1964 » Silke Möller, German runner

• 1945 » Bruno Frank, German author, poet, and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Bugsy Siegel, American mobster (b. 1906)
• 1952 » Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (b. 1898)
• 1958 » Kurt Alder, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1963 » Raphaël Salem, Greek-French mathematician and academic (b. 1898)
• 1965 » Bernard Baruch, American financier and politician (b. 1870)
• 1966 » Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1894)
• 1974 » Horace Lindrum, Australian snooker player (b. 1912)
• 1975 » Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain, Hatian anthropologist (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Mark Robson, Canadian-American director and producer (b. 1913)

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. Karin
14. Marianne
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.
• May 22 » The Great Chilean earthquake, measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, hits southern Chile, becoming the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
• June 26 » The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland.
• July 20 » The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USSGeorge Washington, for the first time.
• August 6 » Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
• October 19 » The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
• November 1 » While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.

The temperature on June 20, 1960 was between 9.5 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.