About the day » Monday August 8, 1960Calender converter

• Adelaide Maria Steiner, São Martinho, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1991)
• Kevin Michael Dornbush, Huntington Park (Los Aneles, California, USA) († 2016)
• Guido Bossuyt, Roeselare
• Theodora SCHULL, Gennep
• Gaetano Procolo Esposito, Utrecht († 1960)
• Giannina Simone Esposito, Utrecht († 1960)
• Aart Elbertsen, Putten († 1999)
• Wilhelmina Johanna Martha (Wilma) Kamps, Schiedam,Schiedam,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 1999)
• Robert F Platt, Rhode Island, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Hendrik Gerardus Maria Seroo, Simpelveld († 2008)

• Anna Maria Virginia Vanstapel (75), Brustem, België
• Berendina Keijzer (82), Doetinchem
• Aaltje Gritter (54), Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Amelia M. Schmidt (84), Columbus, Franklin Co.. OH
• Arendje Bosman (72), Wuppertal(Duitsland)
• Antonia Buis (67), Alkmaar, prov. Noord Holland
• Cornelia de Heer (44), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Berthier Olsen (91), San Bernardino, California
• Christina Elisabeth Polman (88), Asten, Asten, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Gesina Balestra (80), Wassenaar

• 1958 » Deborah Norville, American journalist
• 1959 » Caroline Ansink, Dutch flute player, composer, and educator
• 1960 » Mustafa Balbay, Turkish journalist and politician
• 1960 » Ulrich Maly, German politician, 16th Mayor of Nuremberg
• 1961 » Bruce Matthews, American football player and coach
• 1961 » Daniel House, American bass player and producer
• 1961 » Rikki Rockett, American glam rock drummer
• 1961 » Ron Klain, American lawyer and politician, Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States
• 1961 » The Edge, British-Irish musician, singer and songwriter
• 1962 » Kool Moe Dee, American musician, singer and actor

• 1944 » Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1947 » Anton Denikin, Russian general (b. 1872)
• 1950 » Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman, founded Qantas (b. 1879)
• 1959 » Albert Namatjira, Australian painter (b. 1902)
• 1965 » Shirley Jackson, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1916)
• 1969 » Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Freddie Spencer Chapman, English lieutenant (b. 1907)
• 1973 » Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian and author (b. 1898)
• 1974 » Elisabeth Abegg, German anti-Nazi resistance fighter (b. 1882)
• 1975 » Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist (b. 1928)

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 25 » The National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the "payola" scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accept money for playing particular records.
• January 30 » The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
• February 1 » Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
• April 21 » Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro.
• May 6 » More than 20million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Anthony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.
• May 16 » Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.

The temperature on August 8, 1960 was between 11.7 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.