About the day » Thursday May 11, 1961Calender converter

• N.N. († 1961)
• Brigitte Duflot († 2013)
• Karen Martine Blokland, Leersum († 2005)
• Levenloos geboren Mathijssen, Breda, Breda, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1961)
• cornelis gerardus marie (corrie) maessen, helden-egchel († 1976)
• Marco Stefano Passania, Vlijmen († 1996)
• Todd Odean Ranes, Buffalo Center, Winnebago, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Henkie Borst († 1961)
• Johan Post, Rotterdam
• Walter Teughels, Mechelen († 2019)

• Barbara Camphuis (80), Groningen
• Aafje van Grondelle (83), Zeist
• Arendje Nieuwland (72), Nieuwenhoorn
• Cornelis Tuinder (79), Den Burg (Texel, NH)
• Bote Rijpstra (70), Nes, Ameland, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Bronswijk (84), Naaldwijk
• Annetje Rodenburg (83), 's-Gravenhage
• Aafke Fokkes Hoeksema (79), Grootegast
• Anna Katharina Reith (80), Hattenhof, Landkreis Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland
• Cornelis de Boer (61), Rotterdam

• 1954 » John Gregory, English footballer and manager
• 1955 » John DeStefano, Jr., American politician, 49th Mayor of New Haven
• 1957 » Mike Nesbitt, Northern Irish journalist and politician
• 1962 » Steve Bono, American football player
• 1964 » Bobby Witt, American baseball player
• 1964 » Floyd Youmans, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1967 » Alberto García Aspe, Mexican footballer and manager
• 1969 » Mitch Healey, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1969 » Simon Vroemen, Dutch runner
• 1970 » Harold Ford, Jr., American lawyer and politician

• 1938 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)
• 1955 » Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)
• 1960 » John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1874)
• 1963 » Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1967 » James E. Brewton, American painter (b. 1930)
• 1979 » Lester Flatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
• 1981 » Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Zenna Henderson, American writer (b. 1917)
• 1985 » Chester Gould, American cartoonist, created Dick Tracy (b. 1900)

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 3 » Cold War: The United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba over the latter's nationalization of American assets.
• 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 23 » Algiers putsch by French generals.
• May 14 » Civil rights movement: A white mob twice attacks a Freedom Riders bus near Anniston, Alabama, before fire-bombing the bus and attacking the civil rights protesters who flee the burning vehicle.
• December 31 » RTÉ, Ireland's state broadcaster, launches its first national television service.

The temperature on May 11, 1961 was between 7.1 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (24%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.