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• Henriëtte Pal († 2014)
• Bertie Gielen, Meerlo, Limburg, Nederland († 2006)
• Sijbren Koldijk, Gauw
• Johannes Antonius Homan, Hertme († 1961)
• Ralf BONNY, Eupen († 1963)
• Leonora Catharina Theodora Versleyen, Horst,, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelis Dirk Wit, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 1992)
• Han Lijmbach († 1982)
• Linda Sue van Veldhuizen († 1961)
• Evelien van Ossewaarde

• Berendina Johanna Niemeijer (75), Den Helder
• Antonius van de Coevering (63), St-Michielsgestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Apolonia Kloosterman (82), 's Gravenhage
• Antonie Adriaan Rouffaer (70), Kruiningen
• Anna Gesina Schaper- (90), Almelo, Nederland
• Arthur Valkiezer (66), Venlo
• Adrienne Jeanette Marie VAN GILS (60), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Arie Langeslag (68), Brunssum
• Anna Maria Josepha Prumpeler (78), Heerlen, Nederland
• Alicia Maria PITT (74)

• 1959 » Peter Mullan, Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1960 » Rosalyn Fairbank, South African tennis player
• 1961 » Jeff Tedford, American football player and coach
• 1961 » k.d. lang, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1962 » David Brock, American journalist and author
• 1962 » Derek Mountfield, English footballer and manager
• 1962 » Mireille Delunsch, French operatic soprano
• 1963 » Bobby Dall, American bass player
• 1963 » Jonas Gardell, Swedish author and screenwriter
• 1963 » Ron McGovney, American bass player

• 1952 » Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Greek-Turkish general (b. 1862)
• 1958 » Jean Couzy, French mountaineer and engineer (b. 1923)
• 1959 » Michael Considine, Irish-Australian trade union leader and politician (b. 1885)
• 1960 » Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (b. 1896)
• 1961 » James Thurber, American humorist and cartoonist (b. 1894)
• 1961 » Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa I, Hakim of Bahrain (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Ngô Đình Diệm, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam (b. 1901)
• 1963 » Ngô Đình Nhu, Vietnamese activist, archivist, politician, and tactical strategist (b. 1910)
• 1966 » Mississippi John Hurt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1892)
• 1966 » Peter Debye, Dutch-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)

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 25 » 101 Dalmatians premiered from Walt Disney Productions.
• April 20 » Cold War: Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.
• July 19 » Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.
• July 25 » Cold War: In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO.
• September 20 » Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
• December 9 » Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain.

The temperature on November 2, 1961 was between 9.3 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.