About the day » Tuesday December 26, 1961Calender converter

• Randy Jay Schram, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1962)
• Penny Marie PIKKERT, Ontario Canada († 1965)
• Mark David Holzhueter, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1961)
• Lijten, Eindhoven (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1961)
• Latanne Rene (Tahnee) Welch, San Diego, California, Verenigde Staten
• Jennifer A Thomas († 1994)
• dorothea geertruida maria verburgt, utrecht († 1961)
• Evert Adrianus Beijer, Oudenhoorn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1980)
• Marianne ter Grefte († 2000)
• Donald Ray Cox, Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1993)

• Aaktje, Aaltje Ketelaar (93), Haren, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus van Dooren (84), Vessem
• Aartje Willempje Bekker (64), Dordrecht
• Adolf SMIT (83), Delft (Z-H)
• Ada Caroline 'Addie' Crawford (96), Logan County, Colorado, Verenigde Staten
• Annigje de Kreij (73), Oud-Alblas
• Albertje Steenhuis (78), Delfzijl (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Aaktje Ketelaar (93), Haren (gem. Groningen)
• Ascencion Molino, Garciasville, Starr, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Antoinette Louise Pauline Stenz (75), Den Bosch

• 1959 » Hans Nielsen, Danish motorcycle racer
• 1959 » Kōji Morimoto, Japanese animator and director
• 1959 » Wang Lijun, Chinese police officer and politician
• 1960 » Cem Uzan, Turkish businessman and politician
• 1960 » Jim Toomey, American cartoonist
• 1960 » Keith Martin Ball, American mathematician and academic
• 1960 » Ruud Kaiser, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1961 » Andrew Lock, Australian mountaineer
• 1961 » John Lynch, Northern Irish actor
• 1962 » Mark Starr, English wrestler († 2013)

• 1959 » Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher (b. 1889)
• 1963 » Gorgeous George, American wrestler (b. 1915)
• 1966 » Guillermo Stábile, Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1905)
• 1966 » Herbert Otto Gille, German general (b. 1897)
• 1966 » Ina Boudier-Bakker, Dutch author (b. 1875)
• 1968 » Weegee, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (b. 1898)
• 1970 » Lillian Board, South African-English runner (b. 1948)
• 1972 » Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States (b. 1884)
• 1973 » Harold B. Lee, American religious leader, 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)

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 31 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: Ham the Chimp travels into outer space.
• March 15 » At the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, South Africa announces that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth when the South African Constitution of 1961 comes into effect.
• April 8 » A large explosion on board the MVDara in the Persian Gulf kills 238.
• April 27 » Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister.
• May 4 » American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.
• November 21 » The "La Ronde" opens in Honolulu, first revolving restaurant in the United States.

The temperature on December 26, 1961 was between -11.7 °C and -2.6 °C and averaged -7.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (80%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.