About the day » Saturday March 4, 1961Calender converter

• Wilma van Ast, Haarlemmermeer († 1998)
• Robertus Johannes Dijkshoorn, Schipluiden (Midden-Delfland), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1974)
• Brigitte van den Bor, Barneveld († 1998)
• Sylvie MONNET, Pontoise,,95 († 1997)
• Danielle Joseph Arthur Ford, Chatham, Ontario, Canada († 2006)
• Andreas Leonardus Eijkenboom, Heerlen († 1961)
• Mary Elizabeth (infant) Pfannes, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States of America († 1961)
• Brigitte van de Bor, Barneveld († 1999)
• Renzo Engelbertus de Vries, Den Helder († 2010)
• Andreas Leonardus Eijkenboom, Heerlen († 1961)

• Bessel Slot (79), Putten
• Abraham Vegte BLAAUW (73), Palm Beach Florida U.S.A
• Dieuwertje Broertjes (66)
• Abraham Stor (62), amsterdam, Nederland
• Alida Achina Bouland (89), Veendam
• Doortje Cornelia Hendrika Teerink (74), Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alberta Geertruida de Mönnink (61), Nijmegen
• Adrianus van Leeuwen (80), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Margaret Fletcher Watten (81), Gilmer, Upshur, Texas, United States
• Aagje Laas (74), Amstelveen

• 1959 » Plamen Getov, Bulgarian footballer
• 1959 » Rick Ardon, Australian journalist
• 1960 » Chonda Pierce, American comedian
• 1961 » Ray Mancini, American boxer
• 1961 » Roger Wessels, South African golfer and educator
• 1961 » Steven Weber, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 » Paul Canoville, English footballer
• 1962 » Simon Bisley, English author and illustrator
• 1962 » Stephan Reimertz, German historian and author
• 1963 » Jason Newsted, American heavy metal singer-songwriter and bass player

• 1948 » Antonin Artaud, French actor and director (b. 1896)
• 1949 » Clarence Kingsbury, English cyclist (b. 1882)
• 1952 » Charles Scott Sherrington, English neurophysiologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1954 » Noel Gay, English composer and songwriter (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Herbert O'Conor, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 51st Governor of Maryland (b. 1896)
• 1963 » William Carlos Williams, American poet, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Nicholas Schenck, Russian-American businessman (b. 1881)
• 1972 » Charles Biro, American author and illustrator (b. 1911)
• 1972 » Harold Barrowclough, New Zealand general, lawyer, and politician, 8th Chief Justice of New Zealand (b. 1894)
• 1974 » Adolph Gottlieb, American painter and sculptor (b. 1903)

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. Jacqueline
9. Karin
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.
• January 31 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: Ham the Chimp travels into outer space.
• May 30 » The long-time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
• July 12 » Indian city Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams, killing at least two thousand people.
• August 15 » Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
• September 11 » Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.

The average temperature on March 4, 1961 was 6.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.