About the day » Saturday January 28, 1961Calender converter

• Marga van de Beek († 2005)
• "Janneke" Elisabeth Stroink, Enschede († 1998)
• Johannes (Johan) Luth, Nieuw-Amsterdam
• ERIK MARIMAN, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1962)
• Anna de Boer († 2015)
• Anna de Boer († 2015)
• Marina Corthouts, Zolder († 2012)
• Johannes Jan SJOERS, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands († 1991)
• Karin Groeneveld († 2012)
• Janneke Elisabeth Stroink, Enschede († 1998)

• Anna Catharina Prigge (81), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Catharina van de Griend (84), Haaren
• Annie Feldkamp (88), fortasse, quodam loco, Verenigde Staten
• Andrew Jesse Wheeler (89), Los Animas, Bent County, Colorado
• Antje Hoogkamer (68), Hillegom
• Anna Maria Coevoets (75), Rotterdam
• Cornelis Nel (81)
• Arend Gerrits van der Iest (50), Grouw, Friesland, Nederland
• Derk Walters (66)
• Delia W Huibregtse (62), Oostburg, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

• 1956 » Peter Schilling, German singer-songwriter
• 1956 » Richard Danielpour, American composer and educator
• 1957 » Frank Skinner, English comedian, actor, and author
• 1957 » Mark Napier, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1957 » Nick Price, Zimbabwean-South African golfer
• 1959 » Frank Darabont, American director and producer
• 1960 » Loren Legarda, Filipino journalist and politician
• 1961 » Normand Rochefort, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1962 » Sam Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964 » David Lawrence, English cricketer

• 1949 » Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b. 1908)
• 1950 » Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1883)
• 1953 » James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)
• 1953 » Neyzen Tevfik, Turkish philosopher and poet (b. 1879)
• 1959 » Walter Beall, American baseball player (b. 1899)
• 1960 » Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist (b. 1891)
• 1963 » Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Maxime Weygand, Belgian-French general (b. 1867)
• 1965 » Tich Freeman, English cricketer (b. 1888)
• 1971 » Donald Winnicott, English paediatrician and psychoanalyst (b. 1896)

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 17 » Former Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba is murdered in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States.
• January 17 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex" as well as the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending.
• January 27 » The Soviet submarine S-80 sinks when its snorkel malfunctions, flooding the boat.
• May 19 » Venera program: Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data).
• August 13 » Cold War: East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West, and construction of the Berlin Wall is started.
• 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 January 28, 1961 was between 0.1 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.