About the day » Sunday July 24, 1960Calender converter

• Anny Beijer, Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland († 1985)
• Nancy Celeste de Boer
• Mabetje Smits, ‘s-Hertogenbosch,Gemeente 'S-Hertogenbosch,North Brabant,Netherlands († 1960)
• Maria Elisabeth Quirina SMITS, 's Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1960)
• Adrianus cornelis (arco) de Jong († 1971)
• Gerrit Brunnekreef, enter
• hedwig barbara josephina (hedwig) van mullekom, helden-grashoek
• James Melvin Achterhof († 1995)
• Johannes Franciscus Kraaijeveld, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Irene Martini Kruijswijk, Naarden

• Dieuwke Zuiderbaan (90), Drachten
• Dieuwke ZUIDERBAAN (90), Drachten, 538, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland
• Eugene STEVERLYNCK (83), Roeselare
• Catharina Everina van Rutten (67), Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Dieuwertje Wester (78), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Anna Maria van Amelsfort (78), Tilburg, Nederland
• Abraham Hansen, Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Nederland
• Bertha M. (Walker) Acord (39), West Virginia, United States of America
• Egbertien Westerhuis (60), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arie Krouwel (63), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1956 » Charlie Crist, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of Florida
• 1957 » Pam Tillis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
• 1958 » Jim Leighton, Scottish footballer and coach
• 1960 » Catherine Destivelle, French rock climber and mountaineer
• 1961 » Kerry Dixon, English footballer and manager
• 1962 » Johnny O'Connell, American race car driver and sportscaster
• 1963 » Karl Malone, American basketball player and coach
• 1963 » Louis Armary, French rugby player
• 1964 » Barry Bonds, American baseball player
• 1964 » Pedro Passos Coelho, Portuguese economist and politician, 118th Prime Minister of Portugal

• 1957 » Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (b. 1917)
• 1965 » Constance Bennett, American actress and producer (b. 1904)
• 1966 » Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)
• 1969 » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman, philanthropist, and civil servant (b. 1897)
• 1974 » James Chadwick, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1980 » Peter Sellers, English actor and comedian (b. 1925)
• 1985 » Ezechiele Ramin, Italian missionary and martyr (b. 1953)
• 1986 » Fritz Albert Lipmann, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)

• 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 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.
• August 3 » Niger gains independence from France.
• August 16 » Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• August 16 » Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,300m), setting three records that held until 2012: High-altitude jump, free fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.
• November 1 » While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.
• December 1 » Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested (and later deported) from Hamburg, West Germany, after accusations of attempted arson.

The temperature on July 24, 1960 was between 5.9 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.