About the day » Saturday May 27, 1961Calender converter

• Marc van Hoeven, Oud Turnhout (België) († 1996)
• Nicolas Hugh VAN STADEN, Pretoria District, Gauteng, R.S.A. († 1998)
• Frank Linthout, Tholen († 1973)
• Johannes Jacobus Maria Josephus van Hassel, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1979)
• Bergmans, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Pauline Liucia Petronella (Paula) van ROOIJ († 1988)
• Paula Lucia Petronella van Rooij, Amsterdam († 1988)
• Tees, Emmen († 1961)
• Marc VAN HOEVER, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen (BE) († 1996)
• Karen Jean te Brake, Pope, MN

• Afra Yole Scarmagnan (78)
• Christina Petronella De Lezenne Coulander (74), Den Haag
• Christina Petronella de Lezenne Coulander 9 (74), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Jan Elfrink (54), Twello (gem.Voorst)
• Alice Maria Longmore (65), 18 The Riddings, South Yardley, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
• Christinus CORNELISSEN (83), Valburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berend van Dijk (83), Gouderak
• Berend Jager (53), amsterdam, nederland
• Albert Withaar (91), Heerenveen
• Albertje ( Anna) Schmidt (88), Hull Iowa, Verenigde Staten

• 1960 » Gaston Therrien, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1961 » José Luíz Barbosa, Brazilian runner and coach
• 1961 » Peri Gilpin, American actress
• 1962 » Anthony A. Hyman, Israeli-English biologist and academic
• 1962 » David Mundell, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
• 1962 » Marcelino Bernal, Mexican footballer
• 1962 » Ravi Shastri, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
• 1962 » Ray Borner, Australian basketball player
• 1962 » Steven Brill, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 » Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Cuban pianist and composer

• 1949 » Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! (b. 1890)
• 1953 » Jesse Burkett, American baseball player and manager (b. 1868)
• 1960 » James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (b. 1912)
• 1964 » Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (b. 1889)
• 1967 » Ernst Niekisch, German academic and politician (b. 1889)
• 1967 » W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator (b. 1880)
• 1969 » Jeffrey Hunter, American actor and producer (b. 1926)
• 1971 » Armando Picchi, Italian footballer and coach (b. 1935)
• 1971 » Béla Juhos, Hungarian-Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1901)

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 24 » Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.
• April 30 » K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.
• May 4 » American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.
• May 24 » American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus.
• September 12 » The African and Malagasy Union is founded.
• November 21 » The "La Ronde" opens in Honolulu, first revolving restaurant in the United States.

The temperature on May 27, 1961 was between 3.3 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.