About the day » Wednesday July 20, 1960Calender converter

• Ellis Mosch, Warmenhuizen († 2002)
• Ellen Mosch, Warmenhuizen, Harenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Jolanda Niclosine Voogt, Zevenbergen
• Euclides Hipolito Martelli, Itápolis, São Paulo, Brasil († 2001)
• Catharina Alexandrina Maria Lieverse, Soest († 1960)
• Jannette Noppert († 1960)
• N.N. Crietee, Leeuwarden († 1960)
• N. N. Berkvens, Meijel, Limburg, Nederland († 1960)
• Karin Marja Wapstra, Sint Jansklooster († 2017)
• Ellis Mosch, Warmenhuizen († 2002)

• Anna Elisabeth ALOFS (82), Heerlen,,PAYS BAS
• Caecilia Jans Riksma (77), Sneek, Nederland
• Bernardus Jacobus Holleman (85), Rotterdam
• Arie Antonie Hoornweg (68), Rotterdam
• Aaltjen Bretveld (52)
• Agnes Allred (67), SLC, SL, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Otten (76), Hilversum
• Bontje Zagers (87), Lutten {OV} (Hardenberg)
• Bessel Geitenbeek (55), Woudenberg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriaan de Bokx (94), Krabbendijke

• 1958 » Mick MacNeil, Scottish keyboard player and songwriter
• 1959 » Radney Foster, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1960 » Claudio Langes, Italian race car driver
• 1960 » Prvoslav Vujčić, Serbian-Canadian poet and philosopher
• 1960 » Sudesh Berry, Indian actor
• 1961 » Óscar Elías Biscet, Cuban physician and activist, founded the Lawton Foundation
• 1962 » Carlos Alazraqui, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 » Giovanna Amati, Italian race car driver
• 1962 » Julie Bindel, English journalist, author, and academic
• 1963 » Frank Whaley, American actor, director, and screenwriter

• 1951 » Abdullah I, king of Jordan (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Dumarsais Estimé, Haitian lawyer and politician, 33rd President of Haiti (b. 1900)
• 1953 » Jan Struther, English author and hymn-writer (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Calouste Gulbenkian, Armenian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1869)
• 1956 » James Alexander Calder, Canadian educator and politician, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence (b. 1868)
• 1959 » William D. Leahy, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (b. 1875)
• 1965 » Batukeshwar Dutt, Indian activist (b. 1910)
• 1968 » Bray Hammond, American historian and author (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Iain Macleod, English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1913)
• 1972 » Geeta Dutt, Indian singer and actress (b. 1930)

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.
• January 21 » Avianca Flight 671 crashes at Montego Bay, Jamaica airport, killing 37 people.
• February 13 » With the success of a nuclear test codenamed "Gerboise Bleue", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons.
• March 5 » Indonesian President Sukarno dismissed the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR), 1955 democratically elected parliament, and replaced with DPR-GR, the parliament of his own selected members.
• April 4 » France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.
• July 11 » To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States.
• 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).

The temperature on July 20, 1960 was between 12.6 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.