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• johannes henricus (henk) schaareman, helden-egchel
• Guy Kempeneers, Sint-Truiden, België († 2023)
• Keith Randal ESSENBURG, Grand Rapids Kent County Michigan U.S.A († 2011)
• Geesje Klok († 1971)
• Christine Beernaert, Roeselare West-Vlaanderen België († 2019)
• Barbara Ellen Hartman († 1964)
• Debra Lynn Bulard, Portland, Oregon († 1987)
• Yuri Hoogewoud, Amsterdam († 2013)
• Jacob van Veen († 2009)
• Jacobien Wendela Caderius van Veen, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1994)

• Albert Hensem Carabain (41), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Clemens Joseph Westermann (89), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Jelles Boersma (77), Kloosterburen
• Aaltje Engels (43), Siegerswoude
• Anna Alida Evers (90), Amsterdam
• Anna Engelsman (87), Appingedam
• Cornelis van der Linden (75), Amsterdam
• Alfons Jozef Van Calster (47), Heist-op-den-Berg, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Alice Kroeze (42)
• Aike HOMMES (93), Vlagtwedde Groningen Netherlands

• 1957 » Suzanne Nora Johnson, American lawyer and businesswoman
• 1958 » Pamela Geller, American activist and blogger
• 1959 » Marcus Miller, American bass player, composer, and producer
• 1960 » Mike Laga, American baseball player
• 1960 » Tonie Campbell, American hurdler
• 1961 » Boy George, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1961 » Dušan Kojić, Serbian singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1961 » Sam Perkins, American basketball player
• 1963 » Grant Kenny, Australian iron man and canoeist
• 1964 » Peter Gilliver, English lexicographer and academic

• 1936 » G. K. Chesterton, English essayist, poet, playwright, and novelist (b. 1874)
• 1946 » John Logie Baird, Scottish-English physicist and engineer (b. 1888)
• 1946 » Jorge Ubico, 21st President of Guatemala (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Tom Cole, Welsh-American racing driver (b. 1922)
• 1968 » Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1901)
• 1972 » Dündar Taşer, Turkish soldier and politician (b. 1925)
• 1977 » Alan Reed, American actor, original voice of Fred Flintstone (b.1907)
• 1977 » Robert Middleton, American actor (b. 1911)
• 1979 » Ahmad Zahir, Afghan singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
• 1980 » Charles Miller, American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1939)

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 11 » Throgs Neck Bridge over the East River, linking New York City's boroughs of The Bronx and Queens, opens to road traffic.
• January 20 » John F. Kennedy is inaugurated the 35th President of the United States of America, becoming the second youngest man to take the office, and the first Catholic.
• January 27 » The Soviet submarine S-80 sinks when its snorkel malfunctions, flooding the boat.
• May 19 » Venera program: Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data).
• September 17 » The world's first retractable roof stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• 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.

The temperature on June 14, 1961 was between 5.6 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.