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• Jan van Halteren, Tilburg, Nederland († 2005)
• Pamela Ruth Dekoekkoek, Kalamazoo Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1961)
• Monique Saenen, Brussel, 1000, Hoofdstedelijkgewest († 1995)
• Patricia Jo DE KOEKKOEK, Kalamazoo Kalamazoo County Michigan U.S.A († 1961)
• Gerda Willemina Kroon, Hazerswoude (Rijnwoude), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1985)
• Pamela Ruth DE KOEKKOEK, Kalamazoo Kalamazoo County Michigan U.S.A († 1961)
• Bert Bron († 2023)
• Hermina Johanna Te Kortschot, 't Haverland (Miste) († 2023)
• Donald Mark Davids, Berwyn, Cook County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Karin Jochmans, Tienen († 1991)

• Arnoldus Jozef Mötter (36), Doetinchem, Nederland
• Curtis Alex Kittrell <K Pq134 FgmKittrellMSBu>0 fr 8 "Doc" +Fg (75), Living 1930 State Line, Greene County, Mississippi
• Annigje Bos (93)
• Adriana van Vugt (68), Tilburg
• Anna Maria Looijmans (72), Budel
• Aart de Boon (24), Rotterdam
• Cornelis van Erkelens (73), Dirksland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elsien van Dijk (75), Nieuweschans, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Christina van Sambeek (88), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Charles Fritz Meinke (83), Park Rapids, Hubbard County, Minnesota, United States of America

• 1958 » Klaus Tafelmeier, German javelin thrower
• 1958 » Will Sergeant, English guitarist
• 1959 » Howard Stableford, English radio and television host
• 1961 » Charles Mann, American football player and sportscaster
• 1961 » Corrado Fabi, Italian racing driver
• 1961 » Magda Szubanski, English-Australian actress, comedian and writer
• 1962 » Art Alexakis, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1962 » Carlos Sainz, Spanish racing driver
• 1962 » Nobuhiko Takada, Japanese mixed martial artist and wrestler, founded Hustle
• 1963 » Lydia Cacho, Mexican journalist and author

• 1943 » Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (b. 1889)
• 1945 » Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Lionel Logue, Australian actor and therapist (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1923)
• 1966 » Sydney Allard, English racing driver and founder of the Allard car company (b. 1910)
• 1968 » Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer (b. 1899)
• 1971 » Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and dentist (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Arthur Freed, American songwriter and producer (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Josephine Baker, French actress, activist, and humanitarian (b. 1906)
• 1977 » Philip K. Wrigley, American businessman, co-founded Lincoln Park Gun Club (b. 1894)

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 9 » British authorities announce they have uncovered the Soviet Portland Spy Ring in London.
• January 27 » The Soviet submarine S-80 sinks when its snorkel malfunctions, flooding the boat.
• 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.
• March 30 » The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.
• September 16 » The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury.
• September 28 » A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.

The temperature on April 12, 1961 was between 5.0 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.