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• Caroline Adelle Foard Muckenfuss, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina († 2015)
• NN van Houten, Groningen († 1960)
• Alda Thalina Hols, Nederland († 2020)
• Karel Mooibroek, Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen (jaartal is eigen schatting) († 2010)
• Jan van Beek († 1970)
• Jeannette (Jeannet) Hemstede, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Larry Dean Copeland, Seymour, Jackson, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1984)
• Adrianus Maria Rovers, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Janice Schipper († 2020)
• Antonia IJzerman, Red Dee (Canada) († 1988)

• Antje Freerks Olivier (78), Leeuwarden
• Albert Doorneweert (78), Kampen
• Bauke Klazes Ferwerda (74), Ljouwert, Friesland, Nederland
• Wiegman (0), Assen
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Makkee (77)
• Annie Cole Sowell <sKsZmBu>1 (76)
• Andreas Marinus van der Elst (87), Maastricht
• Arie Boers (82), Naaldwijk
• Aaltje HOUTMAN (89), Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Witte (65), 's-Heer Arendskerke, Zeeland, Netherlands

• 1958 » Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 » Simon Baron-Cohen, English-Canadian psychiatrist and author
• 1958 » Simple Kapadia, Indian actress and costume designer († 2009)
• 1958 » Victor Shenderovich, Russian journalist and radio host
• 1959 » Scott Altman, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
• 1961 » Ed Gillespie, American political strategist
• 1961 » Gary Kubiak, American football player and coach
• 1961 » Matt Johnson, English singer-songwriter and musician
• 1961 » Suhasini Maniratnam, Indian actress and screenwriter
• 1962 » Tom Colicchio, American chef and author

• 1945 » Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1923)
• 1945 » Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1962 » Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (b. 1940)
• 1967 » René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1887)
• 1975 » Clay Shaw, American businessman (b. 1913)
• 1975 » Harun Karadeniz, Turkish political activist and author (b. 1942)
• 1975 » Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bengali politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (b. 1920)

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.
• January 21 » A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners.
• February 19 » China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
• April 13 » The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
• August 7 » Ivory Coast becomes independent from France.
• September 14 » The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
• December 1 » Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested (and later deported) from Hamburg, West Germany, after accusations of attempted arson.

The temperature on August 15, 1960 was between 11.7 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 15.0 mm of rain during 6.5 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.