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Events
KLM starts using its first jet aircraft with direct flights between Amsterdam and New York City.

Construction begins on the subway of Rotterdam.

January
* January 14 – Tuindorp Oostzaan is flooded after a levee breach in the Noordzeekanaal.

March
* March 25 – The Euromast in Rotterdam is officially opened by Princess Beatrix.

April
* April 3 – Head coach Elek Schwartz introduces 3 new internationals during a friendly match against Bulgaria: Henk Groot, Bennie Muller of Ajax, and Humphrey Mijnals of Heracles Almelo. Humprey Mijnals was the first Surinamese soccer-player in the Dutch national squad. * April 20 – First broadcast of Radio Veronica, an test broadcast is send from broadcasting ship Borkum Riff on the North sea.

* April 27 – The Dutch Government decides to send ground forces to New Guinea (Irian) due to "aggressive elements in the foreign policy of the Indonesian government, coinciding with the strengthening of Indonesia's military potential''

May
* May 17 – An enormous fire at N.V. Wehkamp's factory-office in Dedemsvaart destroys the entire warehouse of 45 x 105 m. * May 24 - The millionth telephone-connection in the Netherlands becomes a fact.

July
* July 1 - The border checks in the Benelux are lifted.

August
* August 17 – Indonesia severs all diplomatic ties with The Netherlands, after the decision of the De Quay government to send ground forces and the Karel Doorman (aircraft carrier) to New Guinea.

October
* October 14 – During a debate in the European Parliament on European energy-supplies an Belgian senator reveals that in The Netherlands an enormous gas bubble is found underneath the ground. Dutch spokesmen admit near Slochteren, Groningen gas has been tapped. Later it will turn out that it's a bubble of around 2400 billion cubic meter.

Sport
Feyenoord win the Eredivisie, Elinkwijk, Alkmaar en NOAD are relegated to the Eerste Divisie. Henk Groot of Ajax becomes top-scorer with 41 goals followed by Cor van der Gijp of Feyenoord with 29 goals.

The Netherlands win a total of 3 medals during the Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy all in swimming events.

Marianne Heemskerk wins a Olympic silver medal at the 100 m butterfly stroke Wieger Mensonides wins a Olympic bronze medal at the 200 m breaststroke Tineke Lagerberg wins a Olympic bronze medal at the 400 m freestyle swimming

Born
* January 5 - Miranda van Kralingen, opera-singer * January 12 - Anton van Schijndel, politician * January 17 - Hendrik Jan Kooijman, hockey-player * January 24 - Jos Alberts, cyclist * January 24 - Robbert Dijkgraaf, mathematician and theoretical physicist * January 25 - Annelies Maas, swimmer * February 16 - Tineke Huizinga, politician * March 2 - Henri Manders, cyclist * March 2 - Roald van Noort, water polo-player * March 3 - Tosca Niterink, actress and comedian * March 6 - Ronald Jan Heijn, hockey-player and spiritual entrepreneur * March 9 - Rob Trip, radio- and TV presenter * March 16 - Rabella de Faria, Surinamese-Dutch politician and businesswoman * March 18 - Marc Klein Essink, actor and TV presenter * March 21 - Bert van Leeuwen, TV presenter * March 27 - Francine Oomen, children-book writer * March 28 - Joep van Deudekom, comedian * March 31 - Jeroen Hermkens, lithographer * April 1 - Frank Leistra, hockey-player * April 6 - Eric Hoekstra, Frisian-Dutch language-expert, translator, writer, poet, literature-critic * April 7 - Peter Blok, actor * April 8 - Daniël Dekker, radio DJ * April 11 - Cees Vervoorn, swimmer * April 20 - Niki Romijn, singer * April 29 - Gerard Joling, singer * April 29 - Sam Klepper, criminal (d. 2000) * May 13 - Dick van den Toorn, actor * May 15 - Nico Dijkshoorn, poet, columnist and writer * May 25 - Eric Heuvel, cartoonist * June 3 - Ingeborg Beugel, television-program creator * June 6 – Karina Content, politician and writer * June 12 - Diane Edelijn, swimmer * June 17 - Hans van Baalen, politician * June 17 - Staf Depla, politician * June 20 - Ernst Cramer, politician * June 26 - Bram Moszkowicz, lawyer * June 28 - Karin Bloemen, singer and comedian * June 30 - Francisco van Jole, internet-journalist * June 30 - Jacqueline Zirkzee, writer * July 4 - Anton Heiden, water polo-player * July 17 - Jan Wouters, soccer-player and soccer-manager * July 23 - Onno Meijer, actor and director * August 2 - Jacques Tange, painter * August 3 - Henk Baars, cyclist * August 7 - Steven Rooks, cyclist * August 12 - Mark van der Kallen, businessman * August 15 - Jeroen Pauw, talk-show host * August 16 - Anne-Mieke Ruyten, actress * August 18 - Frits van Bindsbergen, cyclist * September 2 - Ruth Jacott, singer * September 5 - Jon van Eerd, actor, musical-star and text-writer. * September 7 - Peter Heerschop, actor, comedian and text-writer * September 8 - Matthijs van Nieuwkerk, TV presenter/talk-show host * September 14 - Ronald Lengkeek, soccer-player * September 15 - Ton Blanker, soccer-player * September 16 - Rob Kamphues, comedian and TV presenter * September 28 - René Verhulst, politician and writer * October 2 - Johan Lammerts, cyclist * October 2 - Pedro van Raamsdonk, boxer * October 3 - Dick Cohen, musical-star * October 4 - Anita Heilker, singer * October 6 - Hans Kesting, actor * October 10 - Khadija Arib, Moroccan-Dutch politician * October 11 - Anne van Schuppen, athlete * October 17 - Angéla Kramers, singer * October 26 - Bert Visscher, comedian * October 30 - Ype Anema, soccer-player * November 3 - Christa Rosier, announcer (d. 2011) * November 3 - Ricky Talan, soccer-player * November 5 - René Froger, singer * November 9 - Ingrid Kappelle, soprano * November 10 - Rick de Leeuw, writer and singer * December 22 - Farah Karimi, Iranian-Dutch politician * December 22 - Fred Meijer, voice-actor * November 16 - Martin Perels, actor (d. 2005) * November 18 - Thea Sybesma, triathlete and duathlete * November 25 - Wilfred Kemp, TV presenter * November 27 - Martin van Geel, soccer-player and sport-director * December 5 - Frans Adelaar, soccer-manager and soccer-player * December 12 - Jaap van Zweden, violinist and conductor * December 16 - Mark Wotte, soccer-player, soccer-manager and director * December 20 - Piet Keur, soccer-player * December 22 - Hans Kraay jr, soccer-player and TV presenter * December 22 - Arthur Nieuwenhuys, artist * December 24 - Maik de Boer, stylist