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• Christianus Maria Opdam, Leiden († 1984)
• James Bruce Ingram, Hattiesburg († 1998)
• Jan Smith, Pattie
• Richard Lance Velleman († 1995)
• Grietje Merigje Rietveld († 2020)
• Maarten van Geffen, Arkel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Cornelis Albertus Jozef Bakker, Den Hoorn (Texel, NH) († 2009)
• Christel Ann-Charlotte Isaksson, Landskrona (M) († 2008)
• Randy Edward Poortinga († 2005)
• Gebina Hoen, Wedde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1984)

• Andreas Pieter Lorier (81), Middelburg, Nederland
• Adriana Langereis (71), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arina Hokken (71), Alkmaar
• Arie Krom (80), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Wilhelmina de Moor (79), Wissenkerke,Gemeente Noord-Beveland,Zeeland,Nederland
• Carlos Maia Vieira Pinto (79)
• Abraham Vogels (72), Haarlem
• Cornelia van Bree (76), Vlaardingen
• Anna Christina Visscher (89), Assen
• Aalt Van Der Scheer (76), Eindhoven

• 1958 » Caroline Spelman, English politician, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• 1958 » Delbert Fowler, American football player
• 1958 » Jane Kennedy, English politician
• 1958 » Keith Haring, American painter († 1990)
• 1959 » Bob Tway, American golfer
• 1959 » Randy Travis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1959 » Valdemaras Chomičius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
• 1960 » Werner Faymann, Austrian politician, 28th Chancellor of Austria
• 1961 » Jay Aston, English singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1964 » Silvia Costa, Cuban high jumper

• 1945 » Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (b. 1880)
• 1953 » Alexandre Pharamond, French rugby player (b. 1876)
• 1955 » George Enescu, Romanian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1881)
• 1964 » Karl Robert Pusta, Estonian politician, 4th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Osbert Sitwell, English-Italian author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Jane Bowles, American author and playwright (b. 1917)
• 1975 » Moe Howard, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Frank Strahan, Australian public servant (b. 1886)
• 1980 » Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)

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.
• February 16 » Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
• May 31 » In Moscow City Court, the Rokotov–Faibishenko show trial begins, despite the Khrushchev Thaw to reverse Stalinist elements in Soviet society.
• October 1 » East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
• October 20 » The Soviet Union performs the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf-class submarine.
• October 31 » In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from the Lenin's Mausoleum, also known as the Lenin Tomb.
• December 31 » RTÉ, Ireland's state broadcaster, launches its first national television service.

The temperature on May 4, 1961 was between 9.0 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.