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Born on Friday August 12, 1960
- Priester, Alphen aan den Rijn († 1960)
- Greta Francina de Fretes, Middelburg († 1960)
- Joachim Otto Hendrik Bor, Kesteren († 1964)
- Ivo Riské, Temse, België († 1990)
- Elizabeth Catharina van Antwerpen, Monster († 1961)
- Luc Paelinck, Bazel (B)
- Levenloos Kleinveld, Den Helder († 1960)
- Stanley Earl Hobb, Keokuk, Lee, Iowa, United States († 2005)
- ? ? († 2014)
- Elisabeth Jensma, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
Died on Friday August 12, 1960
- Aagje van Waveren (71), Abcoude
- Bartha de Heul (64)
- antonius mostertman (52), hilversum
- Berend Gorter (85), Grootegast
- Berend Kornelis Gorter (85), Doezum
- Antonius Cornelius Bertens (82), Tilburg Nederland
- Antje Hulshoff (80), Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
- Berend Gorter (85), Doezum, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
- Clyde Ethburt Taylor (68)
- Bregje van Noord (84), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 12, 1960 at Delpher
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
- Nieuw Israelietisch weekblad
- Nieuw Guinea koerier : de groene : onafhankelijk dagblad voor Ned. Nieuw Guinea
- Friese koerier : onafhankelijk dagblad voor Friesland en aangrenzende gebieden
- Gereformeerd gezinsblad / hoofdred. P. Jongeling
- Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland
- Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad
- Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad
- Nieuw Suriname : Surinaams nieuws- en advertentieblad
- Het nieuws : algemeen dagblad
Born on August 12
- 1957 » Amanda Redman, English actress
- 1957 » Friedhelm Schütte, German footballer
- 1958 » Jürgen Dehmel, German bass player and songwriter
- 1959 » Kerry Boustead, Australian rugby league player
- 1960 » Greg Thomas, Welsh-English cricketer
- 1960 » Laurent Fignon, French cyclist and sportscaster († 2010)
- 1961 » Mark Priest, New Zealand cricketer
- 1961 » Roy Hay, English guitarist, keyboard player, and composer
- 1963 » Campbell Newman, Australian politician, 38th Premier of Queensland
- 1963 » Kōji Kitao, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 60th Yokozuna
Died on August 12
- 1944 » Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)
- 1952 » David Bergelson, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1884)
- 1955 » James B. Sumner, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
- 1955 » Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
- 1959 » Mike O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
- 1964 » Ian Fleming, English spy, journalist, and author (b. 1908)
- 1966 » Artur Alliksaar, Estonian poet and author (b. 1923)
- 1967 » Esther Forbes, American historian and author (b. 1891)
- 1973 » Karl Ziegler, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
- 1973 » Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
Names that were popular for boys in 1960
- Johannes
- Maria
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Peter
- Hendrik
- Willem
- John
- Gerardus
- Petrus
- Pieter
- Antonius
- Robert
- Wilhelmus
- Adrianus
- Johan
Names that were popular for girls in 1960
- Maria
- Johanna
- Elisabeth
- Cornelia
- Wilhelmina
- Anna
- Catharina
- Marie
- Petronella
- Ann
- Adriana
- Hendrika
- Yvonne
- Jacoba
- Margaretha
- Elizabeth
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1960
- 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 19 » China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
- April 1 » The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
- May 3 » The Off-Broadway musical comedy The Fantasticks opens in New York City's Greenwich Village, eventually becoming the longest-running musical of all time.
- May 7 » Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.
- May 16 » Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
- August 1 » Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
The weather on Friday August 12, 1960
The temperature on August 12, 1960 was between 9.5 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 7.8 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI