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• Levenloos kind Rossewij, Doetinchem († 1960)
• Christina Josephina Maria Kaandorp, Uitgeest († 1999)
• Kathy Marie Naquin († 2021)
• Monica Okino Mees, 's Gravenhage († 2019)
• Arent Weggen, Dalerpeel, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1978)
• Darlys Plummer, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2013)
• Andrea van Houdt († 2020)
• Leendert van Rijn, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1981)
• Eduard Broertjes, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• David Paul Rieks († 2012)

• Christian Jacob Wahrenberger (70), McKeesport, PA
• Arnoldus Jacobus Sanders (58), Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Vader (72), Obdam, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Barbara Rutten (77), Gulpen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Alberta Jacoba Hoogeweg (64), Arnhem
• Carolina Leonia Parys (64), Borgerhout
• Christina Barbara Rutten (77), Gulpen
• Albertus Roek (42), Doetinchem
• Adriaan Kruiswijk (62), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annechien Nijenhuis (89), Maarssen

• 1956 » John Feinstein, American journalist and author
• 1956 » Robert Swan, English explorer
• 1958 » Michael Hitchcock, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 » Terry Fox, Canadian runner and activist († 1981)
• 1959 » William T. Vollmann, American novelist, short story writer and journalist
• 1960 » Jon J. Muth, American author and illustrator
• 1960 » Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 » Yōichi Takahashi, Japanese illustrator
• 1961 » Yannick Dalmas, French race car driver
• 1962 » Rachel Sweet, American singer, television writer, and actress

• 1957 » Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and educator (b. 1876)
• 1957 » Isaac Heinemann, German-Israeli scholar and academic (b. 1876)
• 1965 » Attallah Suheimat, Jordanian politician (b. 1875)
• 1965 » Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic (b. 1894)
• 1967 » Karl W. Richter, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1942)
• 1968 » Otto Hahn, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
• 1969 » Frank Loesser, American composer (b. 1910)
• 1969 » Ramón Grau, Cuban physician and politician, 6th President of Cuba (b. 1882)
• 1971 » Lawrence Moore Cosgrave, Canadian colonel and diplomat (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Myril Hoag, American baseball player (b. 1908)

• 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 6 » The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.
• May 13 » Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
• May 22 » The Great Chilean earthquake, measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, hits southern Chile, becoming the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
• November 14 » Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.
• November 25 » The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated.
• December 17 » Munich C-131 crash: Twenty passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground are killed.

The temperature on July 28, 1960 was between 8.6 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.