About the day » Sunday July 30, 1961Calender converter

• Elisabeth Antonetta Jacoba Maria Bruers
• Wilhelmine (Willy) Vedder, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland († 2021)
• Daniel Maurice Gilbert Spiessens, Bornem († 1961)
• Mary Margaret Crabb, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin (USA) († 1961)
• Lucie BEX, Wijlre (NL/LI) († 2009)
• Helena Henriette Maria Johanna van der Horst, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Eddy VRIJENS, xx († 1981)
• Antonius Hendrikus van der Meer, De Waal († 2012)
• Antonius Hendricus van der Meer, De Waal (Texel, NH) († 2012)
• N.N. Blokland, Utrecht († 1961)

• Anna Maria Huberta van den Heuvel (62), Venray, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anna Cornelia Ermstrang (81), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Hofman (25), Hardenberg
• Arthur Eugène Joseph DECOBERT (62)
• Breno Ferraz do Amaral (66), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Anne B. (Andy) Roorda (75), Pella, Marion County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Alouisius H. (Louis) van de Wijnboom (0)
• Antonia Dirken (74), Oudenbosch
• Annigje Pluim (67), Zwartsluis
• Abraham Brand (86), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

• 1960 » Brillante Mendoza, Filipino independent film director
• 1960 » Jennifer Barnes, American-English musicologist and academic
• 1960 » Richard Linklater, American director and screenwriter
• 1961 » Laurence Fishburne, American actor and producer
• 1962 » Alton Brown, American chef, author, and producer
• 1962 » Jay Feaster, American ice hockey player and manager
• 1962 » Yakub Memon, Indian accountant and terrorist († 2015)
• 1963 » Antoni Martí, Andorran architect and politician
• 1963 » Lisa Kudrow, American actress and producer
• 1963 » Peter Bowler, English-Australian cricketer

• 1941 » Hugo Celmiņš, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1877)
• 1947 » Joseph Cook, English-Australian miner and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1860)
• 1965 » Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese author and playwright (b. 1886)
• 1970 » George Szell, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Walter Murdoch, Scottish-Australian academic (b. 1874)
• 1971 » Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Victoria (b. 1906)
• 1975 » James Blish, American author and critic (b. 1921)
• 1977 » Emory Holloway, American scholar, author, and educator (b. 1885)
• 1983 » Howard Dietz, American songwriter and publicist (b. 1896)
• 1983 » Lynn Fontanne, English actress (b. 1887)

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. Yvonne
7. Catharina
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.
• January 26 » John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be the first woman Physician to the President.
• April 16 » In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
• May 14 » Civil rights movement: A white mob twice attacks a Freedom Riders bus near Anniston, Alabama, before fire-bombing the bus and attacking the civil rights protesters who flee the burning vehicle.
• June 19 » Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
• September 12 » The African and Malagasy Union is founded.
• December 31 » RTÉ, Ireland's state broadcaster, launches its first national television service.

The temperature on July 30, 1961 was between 6.6 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.