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• angelina cunera (angelina) heussen, helden-beringe
• Anne Jan de Leeuw, Beemster († 2017)
• Annie de Lange, Zeeland
• Evert Wim Stapper, Dubbeldam († 2016)
• Aaltje HAKVOORT, Urk, Flevoland, Nederland († 2022)
• Jacobus van Schendel, Soest († 1960)
• Aaltje Jelles Hakvoort, Urk, Gemeente Urk, Flevoland, Nederland († 2022)
• Jan Willem Lether, Gorinchem, Nederland († 2011)
• Herman Gerhardus van der Heijden, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1960)
• Robin Gregory Rens, Willemstad, Curaçao († 2007)

• Arij Bijl (55), Vierpolders, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Anthonie Loopuyt (86), Oosterbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernardus Boerboom (64), Didam, Nederland
• Bouwe van Aggele (77), Den Haag
• Chris Noorlander (68), Naarden
• Bernardus Boerboom (64), Didam
• Anna Maria Doodeman (55), Hem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Antoine Loopuyt (86), Oosterbeek,Gemeente Renkum,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Clasina van der Donk (74), Schijndel
• Alphonsius Van Dyck (86), Kontich

• 1958 » Jack Dyer Crouch II, American diplomat, United States Deputy National Security Advisor
• 1960 » Evelyn "Champagne" King, American soul/disco singer
• 1960 » Kevin Swords, American rugby player
• 1960 » Lynn Jennings, American runner
• 1960 » Michael Beattie, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1961 » Carl Lewis, American long jumper and runner
• 1961 » Diana, Princess of Wales († 1997)
• 1961 » Ivan Kaye, English actor
• 1961 » Malcolm Elliott, English cyclist
• 1961 » Michelle Wright, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1951 » Tadeusz Borowski, Polish poet, novelist and journalist (b. 1922)
• 1961 » Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French physician and author (b. 1894)
• 1962 » Bidhan Chandra Roy, Indian physician and politician, 2nd Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1882)
• 1962 » Purushottam Das Tandon, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Pierre Monteux, French-American viola player and conductor (b. 1875)
• 1965 » Robert Ruark, American journalist and author (b. 1915)
• 1965 » Wally Hammond, English cricketer (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Frank Verner, American runner (b. 1883)
• 1967 » Gerhard Ritter, German historian and academic (b. 1888)
• 1968 » Fritz Bauer, German judge and politician (b. 1903)

• 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 28 » The National Football League announced expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for 1961 NFL season.
• 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.
• September 18 » Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations.
• September 26 » In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
• October 4 » An airliner crashes on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport, killing 62 people.
• October 29 » An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio.

The temperature on July 1, 1960 was between 7.9 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.