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• Robert de Lobkowitz, Paris, 75056, France († 1988)
• Sylvain Roger Christiaan Coomans, Bornem († 1974)
• Gertrudis Pieter Visee, Tiel († 2004)
• Marian Schokker († 1986)
• Prince Marie Robert of Lobkowicz († 1988)
• Peter Kent Wyman, Tucson, Pima, Arizona, Verenigde Staten († 1992)
• Robert Emanuel Joseph Michael Benoit Melchior VON LOBKOWICZ, Paris Île-de-France France († 1988)
• Michel Vladimir Artamonov, São Paulo, Brésil († 1992)
• Anthony Heafield, Burton on Trent. Staffordshire. England († 2004)
• Maria ROBERT Emanuel Joseph von Lobkowicz, Paris, Île-de-France, Frankreich († 1988)

• Anna Dirkje Boogerd (65), Rotterdam
• Aartje Cornelia Brandt (77), Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Verhoef (81), amsterdam, Nederland
• Abel Kamminga (68), Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Drogt (88), Avereest
• Abel Gosses Kamminga (68), Drogeham
• Antonie Egbert Rientjes (80), Utrecht
• Adriana Vissers (72), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bartje van Espelo (64)
• Alida Geertruida Wevers (95), Zeist

• 1959 » Liveris Andritsos, Greek basketball player
• 1959 » Phill Kline, American lawyer and politician, Kansas Attorney General
• 1959 » Val Kilmer, American actor
• 1960 » Steve Bruce, English footballer and manager
• 1961 » Jeremy Heywood, English economist and civil servant († 2018)
• 1961 » Nina Li Chi, Hong Kong actress
• 1961 » Rick Aguilera, American baseball player and coach
• 1962 » Chris Hallam, English-Welsh swimmer and wheelchair racer († 2013)
• 1962 » Jennifer Higdon, American composer
• 1962 » Tyrone Corbin, American basketball player and coach

• 1950 » Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri, Indian Muslim scholar (b. 1868)
• 1953 » Albert Plesman, Dutch businessman, founded KLM (b. 1889)
• 1964 » Ólafur Thors, Icelandic lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1892)
• 1964 » Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Henry Maitland Wilson, English field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1968 » George Lewis, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Cyril Scott, English composer, writer, and poet (b. 1879)
• 1972 » Henry Gerber, German-American activist, founded the Society for Human Rights (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and Marine (b. 1934)

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. Johan
16. Wilhelmus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Elisabeth
4. Anna
5. Cornelia
6. Yvonne
7. Catharina
8. Jacqueline
9. Karin
10. Wilhelmina
11. Ingrid
12. Adriana
13. Monique
14. Marianne
15. Petronella
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 3 » The SL-1 nuclear reactor is destroyed by a steam explosion in the only reactor incident in the United States to cause immediate fatalities.
• April 11 » The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
• May 19 » At Silchar Railway Station, Assam, 11 Bengalis die when police open fire on protesters demanding state recognition of Bengali language in the Bengali Language Movement.
• September 12 » The African and Malagasy Union is founded.
• November 29 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission: Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.
• December 17 » Niterói circus fire: Fire breaks out during a performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing more than 500.

The temperature on December 31, 1961 was between 0.4 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 14.8 mm of rain during 12.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.