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• Martin Torres Adame, Tom Green County, Texas, United States of America († 2012)
• Linda Bayley († 2004)
• Nn Roerink, Enschede
• Johannes Elbert Raven, Laren
• Peter Hesling, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 2003)
• Anita Frickers († 2007)
• Ivan Claes, Sint-Truiden, België († 1984)
• Jacob Anno Veen, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 1997)
• Johanna Anna Maria de Vet, Gilze en Rijen
• Jan Winde

• Arie van Weenen (79), Rotterdam
• Anna Elisabeth gravin van Limburg Stirum (79), Noordwijk,,,huis Klein Offem
• Anna Elisabeth v.Limburg-Styrum (79), Noordwijk
• Anna Elisabeth VAN LIMBURG STIRUM (79), Noordwijk Zuid-Holland Netherlands
• Anna Elisabeth van Limburg-Stirum (79), Noordwijk aan Zee, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Harmina Schimmel (79), Zutphen
• Antonius Petrus Nagelkerken (84), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Johannes van Ommen (73), Hengelo
• Arie Nieuwenhoven (80), Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Faye Whisenhunt (27), Pottawatomie County, OK

• 1958 » Cynthia Rowley, American fashion designer
• 1958 » Gail Dines, English-American author, activist, and academic
• 1958 » Simon Nye, English screenwriter and producer
• 1959 » Dave LaPoint, American baseball player and manager
• 1959 » John Sykes, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 » Ruud Janssen, Dutch blogger and illustrator
• 1959 » Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor, singer, and producer
• 1960 » Didier Van Cauwelaert, French author
• 1962 » Carl Cox, English DJ and producer
• 1962 » Frank Neubarth, German footballer and manager

• 1950 » Joe Fry, English race car driver (b. 1915)
• 1951 » Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded Galatasaray S.K. (b. 1886)
• 1954 » Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (b. 1879)
• 1960 » Hasan Saka, Turkish politician, 7th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian-American flute player and educator (b. 1875)
• 1962 » Ronald Fisher, English biologist and statistician (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Vean Gregg, American baseball player (b. 1885)
• 1966 » Adekunle Fajuyi, Nigerian colonel (b. 1926)
• 1966 » Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigerian general and politician, 2nd Head of State of Nigeria (b. 1924)
• 1970 » John Barbirolli, English cellist and conductor (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.
• January 1 » Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.
• April 27 » Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship.
• September 2 » The first election of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration, in history of Tibet. The Tibetan community observes this date as Democracy Day.
• October 12 » Japan Socialist Party leader Inejiro Asanuma is stabbed to death during a live Television broadcast.
• October 29 » In Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Clay (who later takes the name Muhammad Ali) wins his first professional fight.
• November 1 » While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.

The temperature on July 29, 1960 was between 15.7 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.