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• Jacqueline Maria van Stigt, Amsterdam
• Rebecca Steenwyk, Bakersfield, California, Verenigde Staten († 1999)
• Kenneth Allen Race († 1960)
• Petrus Christianus Buijk, Woensdrecht,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• William Anderson Wooten Jr, Bristol, Sullivan, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• louisa petronella wilhelmina (loes) kessels, helden-beringe
• Susan Marie Thilleman († 1993)
• Johan Couck, Aalst († 2011)
• Ernesto Luiz Schraiber, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 2007)
• Jan Fokkens, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

• Anna de Vries (70), Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Arendina Seppenwoolde (79), Rijssen
• Coenraad Johannes Koppes (80), Den Haag
• Annie Francis Tadlock (51), Lancaster, Los Angeles County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Klaasdr Hoek (75), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Cornelis de Bruyn (71), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus van Sloten (69), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonius Klein Gunnewiek (72), Lichtenvoorde
• Anna Kreukniet (72), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolphe Frederic Piette (77), Amfreville-les-Champs,27380,Eure,Normandie, Friesland, Nederland

• 1957 » Keith Levene, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1957 » Nick Faldo, English golfer and sportscaster
• 1960 » Simon Heffer, English journalist and author
• 1961 » Alan Pardew, English footballer and manager
• 1961 » Elizabeth McGovern, American actress
• 1961 » Pasi Rautiainen, Finnish footballer, coach, and manager
• 1962 » Shaun Micallef, Australian comedian, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 » Marc Girardelli, Austrian-Luxembourgian skier
• 1963 » Martín Torrijos, Panamanian economist and politician, 35th President of Panama
• 1964 » Wendy Williams, American talk show host

• 1947 » Evald Tipner, Estonian footballer and ice hockey player (b. 1906)
• 1948 » Herman Gummerus, Finnish historian, academic, and politician (b. 1877)
• 1949 » Francisco Javier Arana, Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (b.1905)
• 1949 » Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator (b. 1870)
• 1950 » Carl Clinton Van Doren, American critic and biographer (b. 1885)
• 1952 » Paul Saintenoy, Belgian architect and historian (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster (b. 1895)
• 1966 » Bobby Fuller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
• 1968 » Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1969 » Mary Jo Kopechne, American educator and secretary (b. 1940)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Peter
4. Cornelis
5. Willem
6. Hendrik
7. John
8. Robert
9. Gerrit
10. Ronald
11. Petrus
12. Pieter
13. Paul
14. Dirk
15. Johan
16. Hans

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.
• March 17 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
• April 9 » Dr Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa and architect of apartheid, narrowly survives an assassination attempt by a white farmer, David Pratt in Johannesburg.
• August 11 » Chad declares independence.
• September 5 » Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.
• November 1 » While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.
• November 2 » Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd, the Lady Chatterley's Lover case.

The temperature on July 18, 1960 was between 12.4 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.