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• Eric Tavernier, Amiens (F) († 1960)
• Nn Onderwater, Leiden ZH stillborn († 1960)
• Julia Smith († 2001)
• José Aparecido Lourenço Melo
• Shari Lee van Wyen, Bayshore,Suffolk County, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2019)

• Aaltje Mulder (81), Hilversum, Utrecht, Nederland
• Dirkje van Bennekom (83), Harderwijk
• Barbara Théresia WILLAERT (87), Ardooie
• Cornelis Langedijk (90), Abbekerk
• Eleanor L (81), New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Dina Johanna Maria van Kolck (71), Roosendaal en Nispen
• Aaltje Mulder (81), Hilversum, Nederland
• Aagje Dapper (86), Andijk
• C(K)atharina Neeltje Hart (53), Hoogkarspel
• Cornelia Laurina van Bracht (76), Zeist

• 1958 » Lindsey Hilsum, English journalist and author
• 1959 » John C. McGinley, American actor and producer
• 1959 » Koichi Tanaka, Japanese chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1959 » Martin Atkins, English drummer and producer
• 1959 » Mike Gminski, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1960 » Gopal Sharma, Indian cricketer
• 1960 » Tim Mayotte, American tennis player and coach
• 1961 » Lee Rocker, American bassist
• 1961 » Molly Hagan, American actress
• 1961 » Nick Harvey, English politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces

• 1949 » Ignotus, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1869)
• 1954 » Colette, French novelist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1958 » Peter Collins, English race car driver (b. 1931)
• 1959 » Herb Byrne, Australian footballer (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australian artist (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Flannery O'Connor, American short story writer and novelist (b. 1925)
• 1966 » Lenny Bruce, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 1968 » Konstantin Rokossovsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union during World War II (b. 1896)
• 1969 » Alexander Mair, Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1889)
• 1972 » Giannis Papaioannou, Turkish-Greek composer (b. 1913)

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 18 » Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal Capital Airlines crash in as many years.
• May 6 » More than 20million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Anthony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.
• May 23 » A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile the previous day kills 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii.
• June 23 » The United States Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world.
• June 26 » Madagascar gains its independence from France.
• August 13 » The Central African Republic declares independence from France.

The temperature on August 3, 1960 was between 5.7 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.