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• Peter,Gijsbert Dijk van,, Genderen († 1999)
• Sjouke Klaas Klazes Osinga, Berlikum, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2005)
• Douglas Harold Abels, Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa († 1961)
• Everardus Antonius Wilhelmus (Eef) van Wijk, Werkhoven, Utrecht, Nederland († 1983)
• Gerdina Hendrika Christina Ebbers, Doetinchem († 2017)
• Peter Gijsbert van Dijk, Genderen († 1999)
• Harm Jan Oortman Gerlings, Manokwari, Nieuw Guinea († 1990)
• Anthonie Johannes van der Salm, Delft
• Catharina Ouwehand, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Annet Wassink († 1995)

• Cornelia Boshuizen (88), Bussum (Gooise Meren), Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Adriaan Hendrik de Vogel (88), Breda
• Cornelia Lagerweij (71), Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland
• Charles Marie Victor de Benoist (87), Laon, Aisne, France
• Agatha Wilhelmina Nagtegaal (74), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bertha Louise Bartz Wichern (91), Nobles County, Minnesota
• Albertus Cornelis Nubé (80), Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelia Boshuizen (88), Bussum, Nederland
• Adriaam DOUW van der KRAP (81), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Allain BRIAND (83), Kerfeunteun, 29088, Finistère, Bretagne, France

• 1959 » Boyko Borissov, Bulgarian footballer and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• 1959 » Klaus Iohannis, Romanian educator and politician, 5th President of Romania
• 1959 » Maurice G. Dantec, French-born Canadian science fiction writer († 2016)
• 1959 » Steve Georganas, Australian politician
• 1960 » Jacques Rougeau, Canadian wrestler
• 1961 » Anders Järryd, Swedish tennis player
• 1962 » Ally Sheedy, American actress and author
• 1962 » Davey Hamilton, American race car driver
• 1962 » Glenn Michibata, Canadian-American tennis player and coach
• 1962 » Hannah Storm, American journalist and author

• 1943 » Kočo Racin, Macedonian author and activist (b. 1908)
• 1948 » Osamu Dazai, Japanese author (b. 1909)
• 1951 » Ben Chifley, Australian engineer and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)
• 1957 » Irving Baxter, American high jumper and pole vaulter (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Edwin Keppel Bennett, English poet and academic (b. 1887)
• 1965 » David Drummond, Australian farmer and politician (b. 1890)
• 1965 » Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher and theologian (b. 1878)
• 1969 » Pralhad Keshav Atre, Indian journalist, director, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1972 » Georg von Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1972 » Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German spy (b. 1891)

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.
• July 23 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.
• September 1 » The first conference of the Non-Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
• September 28 » A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
• October 1 » The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.
• October 31 » In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from the Lenin's Mausoleum, also known as the Lenin Tomb.
• December 17 » Niterói circus fire: Fire breaks out during a performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing more than 500.

The temperature on June 13, 1961 was between 10.5 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain during 5.5 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.