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• Roger Bruce Ennis († 1999)
• Laura Beth Huizenga, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2001)
• Brigitte Maria Agnes Jansen, Zutphen († 2015)
• Leo Zuidhof, Kwadendamme († 1972)
• Geert Zwiers, Elim, Hoogeveen († 1995)
• karel conrardus maria (karel) thiesen, helden-beringe
• Lucinda C. Pilcher Sallee, Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Steven Frank Stykel († 1961)
• Christian Jacques Charles DELONGHE, Peronne,80200,Somme,Picardie,FRANCE († 2017)
• NN Kobus, Leeuwarden

• Creed Driskill (89), San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California
• Catharina Wilhelmina van Galen (86), Ewijk, Nederland
• ANTONIE VAN COOTEN (49), De Bilt
• Antonius van Dongen (41), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alfreda Emma Cardon (78), St Amandsberg
• Christiaan Hendrik Schmidt (71), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelis Joseph Janssen (65)
• Antje Visser (83), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Clara Elizabeth van de Pol (2), Enschede
• Catharina Bernarda van Gemert (77), 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Netherlands

• 1958 » Brad Lesley, American baseball player († 2013)
• 1959 » Andre Dubus III, American novelist and short story writer
• 1959 » David Frost, South African golfer
• 1959 » Robert Wrenn, American golfer and sportscaster
• 1960 » Hiroshi Amano, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1960 » Michael P. Leavitt, American soldier
• 1961 » Elizabeth Daily, American actress
• 1961 » Philip Ardagh, English author
• 1961 » Samina Raja, Pakistani poet and educator († 2012)
• 1961 » Virginia Madsen, American actress

• 1956 » Billy Bishop, Canadian colonel and pilot (b. 1894)
• 1957 » James Burns, English cricketer (b. 1866)
• 1957 » Mary Proctor, American astronomer (b. 1862)
• 1958 » Camillien Houde, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1889)
• 1958 » Robert W. Service, English-French poet and author (b. 1874)
• 1959 » Paul Douglas, American actor (b. 1907)
• 1964 » Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh, Indian poet and critic (b. 1917)
• 1965 » Ralph C. Smedley, American educator, founded Toastmasters International (b. 1878)
• 1966 » Collett E. Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines (b. 1889)
• 1967 » Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer and academic (b. 1904)

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.
• February 26 » A New York-bound Alitalia airliner crashes into a cemetery in Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.
• February 29 » The 5.7M_w  Agadir earthquake shakes coastal Morocco with a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme), destroying Agadir, and leaving 12,000 dead and another 12,000 injured.
• May 1 » Formation of the western Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra; also known as "Maharashtra Day".
• June 20 » The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
• July 1 » Ghana becomes a republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II ceases to be its head of state.
• September 8 » In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1).

The temperature on September 11, 1960 was between 11.2 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (80%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.