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June 24, 1960Born on Saturday June 25, 1960
- Marinus Adriaan Maria Willemen, Breda († 2009)
- NN Faber, Den Haag († 1960)
- Patricia Elizabeth Helsloot († 2012)
- Nicolaas Tijmen Roelof van Dijk, Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
- Huibertje Alsemgeest, Den Haag († 2006)
- Kaptein, Meppel
- Marinus Adriaan Maria Willemen, Breda, Nederland († 2009)
- Hetty Houtkamp, Beneden Leeuwen († 1983)
- Wouter Kieft, Putten, Gelderland, Nederland († 2009)
- Bruce Ripley Byrnes, M00SE JAW, SASKATCHEWAN († 1978)
Died on Saturday June 25, 1960
- Burke Emerson Whitney (39), Arlington, Virginia
- Aletta Catharina Magdalena (Lettie) Erasmus (74)
- Athen Sylvester Moses (67), Sugarfork, Macon County, North Carolina
- Baukje Wijma (86), Berlikum
- Carolina Wilhelmina Frederika Schrik (80), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Carolina, Wilhelmina, Frederika Schrik (80), Dordrecht (zuid-holland)
- Antoon van der Wees (44), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Adrianus Johannes Kragten (42), Genk, Belgie
- Baukje Daniëls Wijma (86), Leeuwarden
- Bregje Postuma (69), Zaandam
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from June 25, 1960 at Delpher
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
- Amigoe di Curacao : weekblad voor de Curacaosche eilanden
- Nieuw Guinea koerier : de groene : onafhankelijk dagblad voor Ned. Nieuw Guinea
- Nieuw Guinea koerier : onafhankelijk nieuwsblad voor Nederlands Nieuw Guinea
- Friese koerier : onafhankelijk dagblad voor Friesland en aangrenzende gebieden
- Gereformeerd gezinsblad / hoofdred. P. Jongeling
- Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland
- Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad
- Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad
- Nieuw Suriname : Surinaams nieuws- en advertentieblad
Born on June 25
- 1958 » George Becali, Romanian businessman, politician
- 1959 » Bobbie Vaile, Australian astrophysicist and astronomer († 1996)
- 1959 » Jari Puikkonen, Finnish ski jumper
- 1959 » Lutz Dombrowski, German long jumper and educator
- 1960 » Alastair Bruce of Crionaich, English-Scottish journalist and author
- 1960 » Brian Hayward, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1960 » Craig Johnston, South African-Australian footballer and photographer
- 1960 » Laurent Rodriguez, French rugby player
- 1961 » Ricky Gervais, English comedian, actor, director, producer and singer
- 1961 » Timur Bekmambetov, Kazakh director, producer, and screenwriter
Died on June 25
- 1948 » William C. Lee, American general (b. 1895)
- 1949 » Buck Freeman, American baseball player (b. 1871)
- 1949 » James Steen, American water polo player (b. 1876)
- 1950 » Maurice O'Sullivan, Irish police officer and author (b. 1904)
- 1958 » Alfred Noyes, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1880)
- 1959 » Charles Starkweather, American spree killer (b. 1938)
- 1960 » Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
- 1968 » Tony Hancock, English comedian and actor (b. 1924)
- 1971 » John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, Scottish physician, biologist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1880)
- 1972 » Jan Matulka, Czech-American painter and illustrator (b. 1890)
Names that were popular for boys in 1960
- Johannes
- Maria
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Peter
- Hendrik
- Willem
- John
- Gerardus
- Petrus
- Pieter
- Antonius
- Robert
- Wilhelmus
- Adrianus
- Johan
Names that were popular for girls in 1960
- Maria
- Johanna
- Elisabeth
- Cornelia
- Wilhelmina
- Anna
- Catharina
- Marie
- Petronella
- Ann
- Adriana
- Hendrika
- Yvonne
- Jacoba
- Margaretha
- Elizabeth
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1960
- 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.
- January 21 » Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
- March 4 » The French freighter La Coubre explodes in Havana, Cuba, killing 100.
- May 1 » Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.
- May 22 » The Great Chilean earthquake, measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, hits southern Chile, becoming the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
- July 21 » Sirimavo Bandaranaike is elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, becoming the world's first female head of government
- August 19 » Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants.
The weather on Saturday June 25, 1960
The temperature on June 25, 1960 was between 14.1 °C and 27.7 °C and averaged 21.7 °C. There was 14.3 hours of sunshine (85%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI