About the day » Saturday August 19, 1961Calender converter

• Graham Michael BREEN, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 1961)
• Wilhelmina Francisca Smans, Gilze en Rijen
• Mary CANNING († 1961)
• Allen Jay Blom, Inwood, Lyon County, Iowa († 2005)
• Elza Snoek († 1999)
• Terrence Broekhoff, Dunedin (Nieuw Zeeland) († 1964)
• Jan Mulder, Elspeet († 2016)
• Thomas Ward, James River, Buckingham, Virginia, United States
• Theodora Catharna Bogaards, Rijnsburg († 2016)
• N.N. Arends, Coevorden, Drenthe,Netherlands († 1961)

• Cornelis Zandbergen (81), Noordwijk aan Zee
• Andries de Jong (52), Utrecht
• Adriaan Hendrik van Gorp (69), Tilburg
• Cornelis Hendrik Liefers (58), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Angelina Lievens (88), Meerle, België
• David DARMON (86), Paris, France
• Cornelis Cornelsz Zandbergen (81), Noordwijk
• Cornelius de Graaff (56)
• Alfred Pierre Cailliau (71), Loon-Plage, Duinkerke(FR)
• Aaltje Huizinga (77), Hoogezand-Sappemeer

• 1958 » Anthony Muñoz, American football player and sportscaster
• 1958 » Brendan Nelson, Australian physician and politician, 47th Minister for Defence for Australia
• 1958 » Gary Gaetti, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1958 » Rick Snyder, American politician and businessman, 48th Governor of Michigan
• 1959 » Ricky Pierce, American basketball player
• 1960 » Morten Andersen, Danish-American football player
• 1960 » Ron Darling, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1961 » Jonathan Coe, English author and academic
• 1963 » Joey Tempest, Swedish rock singer-songwriter and musician
• 1963 » John Stamos, American actor

• 1950 » Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1954 » Alcide De Gasperi, Italian journalist and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1881)
• 1957 » David Bomberg, English soldier and painter (b. 1890)
• 1967 » Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born American author and publisher (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Isaac Deutscher, Polish-English journalist and historian (b. 1907)
• 1968 » George Gamow, Ukrainian-American physicist and cosmologist (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Paweł Jasienica, Polish soldier and historian (b. 1909)
• 1975 » Mark Donohue, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1937)
• 1976 » Alastair Sim, Scottish-English actor (b. 1900)
• 1976 » Ken Wadsworth, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1946)

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 9 » British authorities announce they have uncovered the Soviet Portland Spy Ring in London.
• February 27 » The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
• May 4 » American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.
• September 10 » In the Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari, the deadliest accident in F1 history.
• October 31 » In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from the Lenin's Mausoleum, also known as the Lenin Tomb.
• December 19 » India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India.

The temperature on August 19, 1961 was between 12.3 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 13.7 mm of rain during 6.5 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.