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• N.N. Leijnse, Eygelshoven
• Maria Hubertina (Marij) Meerts, Sittard († 2006)
• OG van Duijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Eelco Alexander Roorda, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Sita Saeys, Pulau Biak Papoea Indonesië († 2013)
• Lori Jean Brouse, Kelly, Union, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1960)
• Cornelia Charlotte van WIJNEN, Papendrecht († 2013)
• Jacqueline, Monique, Maria Vijn, Borne (O), Nederland
• Uriel Ramon, Ploegsteert (Comines-Warneton) († 1983)
• wilhelmina elisabeth maria (will) sonnemans, helden-beringe

• Aaltje Holtrop (81), Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Adolphine Gustavine Wijsman (71), Enschede, Nederland
• Antje Hendriks Freerkstra (85), Groningen
• Barendina van der Kleij (81), Rijswijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Johanna Kramers (66), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Spuibroek (89), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Antje Krijnen (79), Den Helder
• Cornelis van Loenen (85), Delft, Nederland
• Aaltje Vermeer (59), Kesteren, Nederland
• "Jean" François Marie de France (85), Paris

• 1958 » Jah Wobble, English singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1958 » Steven Pokere, New Zealand rugby player
• 1959 » Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 2014)
• 1959 » László Szlávics, Jr., Hungarian sculptor
• 1959 » Richard Scudamore, English businessman
• 1959 » Taraki Sivaram, Sri Lankan journalist and author († 2005)
• 1959 » Yoshiaki Murakami, Japanese businessman
• 1961 » Craig Ehlo, American basketball player and coach
• 1961 » David Brooks, American journalist and author
• 1962 » Brian Azzarello, American author

• 1945 » Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and theater producer (b. 1883)
• 1953 » Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Jackson Pollock, American painter (b. 1912)
• 1961 » Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian-American author, playwright, actor, and director (b. 1910)
• 1963 » Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1897)
• 1969 » Miriam Licette, English soprano and educator (b. 1885)
• 1972 » Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1974 » Vicente Emilio Sojo, Venezuelan conductor and composer (b. 1887)
• 1977 » Frederic Calland Williams, British co-inventor of the Williams-Kilborn tube, used for memory in early computer systems (b. 1911)

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

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.
• February 26 » A New York-bound Alitalia airliner crashes into a cemetery in Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.
• June 23 » The United States Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world.
• July 11 » Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• July 11 » France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina) and Niger.
• July 21 » Sirimavo Bandaranaike is elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, becoming the world's first female head of government
• October 1 » Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.

The temperature on August 11, 1960 was between 11.9 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 11.8 mm of rain during 9.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.