About the day » Friday August 26, 1960Calender converter

• Doodgeboren kind Horck, Haarlem († 1960)
• Jelle Boelen, Emmen
• Dirk Joannes Jacobus Heldens, Heeze († 2010)
• Gjermund Sandberg († 2013)
• Michael Lawrence Richardson, Fort Dodge (Webster County) (Iowa) († 2014)
• Aaldrik Halmingh, Winschoten († 1975)
• Danny Stienissen, Bree, Limburg, België († 1990)
• Conny Wilhelmina Maria Lablans († 2004)
• Nn Visser, EaZ († 1960)
• Willem Somsen, Slagharen, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 1960)

• Albertje Krans (39), Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Peperkamp (65), Maasbracht
• Antonius Petrus Kamp (96), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Marinus Geboers (60), Tilburg
• Atje Jacobs van der Wal (56), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham Elias Bliek (56), Terneuzen
• Adeline Lulu Davis (78), Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York
• Adrianus van Mosselveld (67), Kaatsheuvel
• Bauke Eeuwes Duursma (76), emmen
• Bauke Duursma (76), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1957 » Nikky Finney, American poet and academic
• 1958 » Jan Nevens, Belgian cyclist
• 1959 » Oliver Colvile, English lawyer and politician
• 1959 » Stan Van Gundy, American basketball player and coach
• 1960 » Branford Marsalis, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
• 1960 » Ola Ray, American model and actress
• 1961 » Daniel Lévi, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1961 » Jeff Parrett, American baseball player
• 1962 » Roger Kingdom, American hurdler
• 1963 » David Byas, English cricketer and umpire

• 1944 » Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1945 » Franz Werfel, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist (b. 1881)
• 1958 » Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator (b. 1872)
• 1966 » W. W. E. Ross, Canadian geophysicist and poet (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Kay Francis, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1972 » Francis Chichester, English pilot and sailor (b. 1901)
• 1974 » Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1975 » Olaf Holtedahl, Norwegian geologist and academic (b. 1885)

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. Johan
16. Hans

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. Karin
14. Marianne
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 24 » Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police.
• March 9 » Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis.
• April 26 » Forced out by the April Revolution, President of South Korea Syngman Rhee resigns after 12 years of dictatorial rule.
• May 15 » The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 4.
• July 20 » The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USSGeorge Washington, for the first time.
• November 28 » Mauritania becomes independent of France.

The temperature on August 26, 1960 was between 13.4 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 13.1 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.