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• Edith Ruth Wheat [KB] († 1975)
• Anja Schuitmaker, Amsterdam († 1991)
• Elisabeth Monique Jaarsma, Hilversum († 1961)
• Roland Kleve, Waalre († 2003)
• Gert-Jan van Creij, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arlette Van Leemputte, Duffel,, Antwerpen, België († 2023)
• Martin Desmet, Oudenaarde († 2005)
• Timothy Lynn Dager, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2003)

• Bruno William Johnson (65), Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
• Albert Hooijer (33)
• Cornelia Martens (69), Helmond
• Bertha Marie Elodie DELPLANCHE (69), Ronse, 45041, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Catharina Cornelia Tilleman (69), Venlo
• Amelia M Yoxheimer (62), Slatington, Lehigh Co. Pennsylvania
• Charles Newsom Pace (82), Fresno, Fresno, California, United States
• Antonius Josephus Akkermans (68), Oudenbosch
• Anna Maria Klazina Keegstra (59), Duivendrecht, gem. Ouder-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Belt (79), Dalen

• 1957 » Mark E. Smith, English singer, songwriter and musician († 2018)
• 1957 » Ray Suarez, American journalist and author
• 1958 » Andy Gibb, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor († 1988)
• 1958 » Bob Forward, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 » Volodymyr Bezsonov, Ukrainian footballer and manager
• 1959 » Vazgen Sargsyan, Armenian colonel and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Armenia († 1999)
• 1960 » Paul Drayson, Baron Drayson, English businessman and politician, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology
• 1963 » Joel Osteen, American pastor, author, and television host
• 1964 » Bertrand Cantat, French singer-songwriter
• 1964 » Gerald Vanenburg, Dutch footballer and manager

• 1955 » Antanas Merkys, Lithuanian lawyer and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Lithuania (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Cowboy Copas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1913)
• 1963 » Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)
• 1963 » Patsy Cline, American singer-songwriter (b. 1932)
• 1965 » Chen Cheng, Chinese general and politician, 27th Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1897)
• 1965 » Pepper Martin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1904)
• 1966 » Anna Akhmatova, Ukrainian-Russian poet, author, and translator (b. 1889)
• 1967 » Georges Vanier, Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (b. 1888)
• 1967 » Mischa Auer, Russian-American actor (b. 1905)
• 1967 » Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iranian political scientist and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1882)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Peter
4. Cornelis
5. Robert
6. Hendrik
7. John
8. Willem
9. Pieter
10. Gerrit
11. Ronald
12. Paul
13. Michael
14. Petrus
15. Wilhelmus
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Elisabeth
4. Anna
5. Cornelia
6. Catharina
7. Yvonne
8. Karin
9. Jacqueline
10. Wilhelmina
11. Ingrid
12. Monique
13. Adriana
14. Petronella
15. Marianne
16. Anita

• 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 11.6 million citizens.
• April 11 » The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
• June 19 » Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
• September 20 » Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
• October 30 » Due to "violations of Vladimir Lenin's precepts", it is decreed that Joseph Stalin's body be removed from its place of honour inside Lenin's tomb and buried near the Kremlin Wall with a plain granite marker.
• October 30 » The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive device ever detonated.
• November 11 » Thirteen Italian Air Force servicemen, deployed to the Congo as a part of the UN peacekeeping force, are massacred by a mob in Kindu.

The temperature on March 5, 1961 was between -1.1 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.