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• Danny Everaert, Zele (België) († 2001)
• Jantje Bremer, De Kiel (Sleen) († 2013)
• Rita de Cassia Pereira, São Luis de Montes Belos, GO, Brazilië († 1960)
• Margo Wilhelmine Hubertine Leontine Cruts, Schimmert
• Christopher Columbus Lindsey Jenkins, Loudoun County Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Paul J. Poulin, V.S
• Gordon Kelly Dewan, North Battleford Saskatchewan († 1985)
• Johannes Antonie van der Linde, Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng († 1985)
• Kenneth James ENNISS († 1973)
• Johannes Theodorus Maria HAAGEN, Klarenbeek († 1983)

• Arij Keur (79), Rotterdam
• Marinus Helsloot (68), utrecht
• Arij Keur (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Soek (84), Rotterdam
• Cornelis Zijdeman (80), Hillegersberg
• Achille Jacobus Petrus Wiebking (63), 's Gravenwezel (B)
• Alida HULSBOS (75), 's Gravenhage
• Cornelis de Moor (79), Brouwershaven
• Abraham van Hessen (76), Rotterdam
• Anna Barbara Franssen (78), Neerpelt

• 1957 » Jeffrey Daniel, American singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1957 » Stephen Fry, English actor, journalist, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 » Chris Offutt, American author and academic
• 1958 » Steve Guttenberg, American actor and producer
• 1959 » Meg Munn, English social worker and politician
• 1960 » Cal Ripken, Jr., American baseball player and coach
• 1961 » Jared Harris, English actor
• 1962 » Emile Roemer, Dutch educator and politician
• 1962 » Major Garrett, American journalist and author
• 1963 » Hideo Kojima, Japanese director, screenwriter, video game designer and video game producer

• 1943 » Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1943 » Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge, 48th United States Attorney General (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th President of Brazil (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
• 1958 » Paul Henry, Irish painter and educator (b. 1876)
• 1967 » Henry J. Kaiser, American businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards and Kaiser Aluminum (b. 1882)
• 1974 » Alexander P. de Seversky, Russian-American pilot and businessman, co-founded Republic Aviation (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Buddy O'Connor, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916)
• 1978 » Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor (b. 1910)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Peter
4. Cornelis
5. Willem
6. Hendrik
7. John
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 19 » Japan and the United States sign the US–Japan Mutual Security Treaty
• March 22 » Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.
• July 4 » Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Acts (United States)).
• August 7 » Ivory Coast becomes independent from France.
• August 19 » Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants.
• December 15 » Richard Pavlick is arrested for plotting to assassinate U.S. President-Elect John F. Kennedy.

The temperature on August 24, 1960 was between 14.9 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.