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• naamloos Straathof, Noordwijkerhout († 1960)
• Inez Wiedeman, Amsterdam († 2002)
• John Blome, Vancouver, BC, Canada († 2010)
• Johanna Maria Thecla Elderhorst, Zoeterwoude († 2002)
• Hetty Peters († 2000)
• Simon Joseph Kaandorp († 2007)
• Jan Bernard Looman, Doetinchem († 1983)
• Henriette Moes, Kerkenveld, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 2024)
• Annemiek Onderwater, 't Zand
• Jean Paul Cyrille Gaston DEDONCKER, Hem... Hauts de France († 2020)

• Antonie Rudolf Bloemena (32), Amsterdam
• Catharina Gruijters (70), Helmond
• Aris BAKKER (67), Zijpe, NH, Nederland
• Abraham Jonker (65), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bartholomeus van Duin (69), Warmenhuizen
• Arend Hut (84), Midwolda, Groningen, Netherlands
• Catherine Philomène Heremans (82)
• Arnoldus Slegers (88), Diepenbeek, België
• Adriana van Roon (63), Vlaardingen
• Berend(Bert) Nijhuis (65)

• 1959 » Andrew Bolt, Australian journalist
• 1959 » Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian poet and translator († 2007)
• 1959 » Rich Gedman, American baseball player and coach
• 1959 » Trevor Dodds, Namibian golfer
• 1960 » Doug Supernaw, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1960 » Jouke de Vries, Dutch academic and politician
• 1960 » Uwe Bein, German footballer and manager
• 1961 » Cindy Herron, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1961 » Marianne Mikko, Estonian journalist and politician
• 1961 » Will Self, English novelist and journalist

• 1952 » George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (b. 1863)
• 1953 » Xu Beihong, Chinese painter and educator (b. 1895)
• 1954 » Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (b. 1868)
• 1957 » Arthur Powell Davies, American minister and author (b. 1902)
• 1959 » Leslie Morshead, Australian general (b. 1889)
• 1959 » S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1899)
• 1959 » Teodor Ussisoo, Estonian furniture designer and educator (b. 1878)
• 1965 » James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot (b. 1898)
• 1968 » Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin, Polish-Israeli neurologist and physician (b. 1902)
• 1968 » Daniel Johnson, Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec (b. 1915)

• 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 13 » With the success of a nuclear test codenamed "Gerboise Bleue", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons.
• May 9 » The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.
• June 25 » Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.
• July 1 » Independence of Somalia.
• August 1 » Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
• August 3 » Niger gains independence from France.

The temperature on September 26, 1960 was between 5.0 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.