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• Doodgeboren Kindje Koek, ·Äòs Gravenhage († 1961)
• Petrus Hubertus Gerardus Weijzen, Susteren († 2004)
• Gerben Kruissink, Zutphen († 2023)
• peter mathijs maria (peter) janssen, helden-panningen
• Emma Johanna Elizabeth Moerman († 2013)
• Henricus van Houtum, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)
• de Hoogh, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1993)
• Johannes Willem Merbel van de, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1961)
• Saskia Anna Caspers († 2013)
• Henk Kroesen, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1970)

• Catharina Maria Elisabeth van Eunen (47), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Augustinus Hubertus Jordens (44), Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland
• Andries Roelofs Dijkstra (61), Eestrum, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Christiaans (66), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Berendina Lotterman (73), Utrecht
• Arina van Vliet (77), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia van de Kamer (77), Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Kool (73), Schiedam
• Adrianus van der Ven (82), Geertruidenberg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Rossy (46), Amsterdam,Noord-Holland,Nederland

• 1959 » John Corabi, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1960 » Roger Taylor, English drummer
• 1960 » Steve Lombardozzi, American baseball player and coach
• 1961 » Chris Mars, American artist
• 1961 » Joan Chen, Chinese-American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 » Colin Anderson, English footballer
• 1962 » Debra Wilson, American actress and comedian
• 1963 » Colin Scotts, Australian-American football player
• 1963 » Cornelia Ullrich, German hurdler
• 1963 » Jet Li, Chinese-Singaporean martial artist, actor, and producer

• 1950 » George Murray Hulbert, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Edward Arnold, American actor (b. 1890)
• 1957 » Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist, founded Shotokan (b. 1868)
• 1964 » E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet and author (b. 1882)
• 1968 » John Heartfield, German illustrator and photographer (b. 1891)
• 1969 » Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist, founded aikido (b. 1883)
• 1970 » Erik Bergman, Swedish minister and author (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, striptease dancer, and writer (b. 1911)
• 1973 » Irene Ryan, American actress and philanthropist (b. 1902)

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 23 » The Portuguese luxury cruise ship Santa Maria is hijacked by opponents of the Estado Novo regime with the intention of waging war until dictator António de Oliveira Salazar is overthrown.
• February 13 » An allegedly 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, US, that appears to anachronistically encase a spark plug.
• February 27 » The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
• July 23 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.
• October 17 » Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters.
• November 18 » United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.

The temperature on April 26, 1961 was between 8.6 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.