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• Marina Vertommen († 1999)
• Peter Alma, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1961)
• Antonius Leon Maria Broere, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2023)
• johannes jacobus marie (hans) sijben, helden-beringe
• Richard Alexander Lock († 2004)
• Anita Astrid Carolina van der Wilde († 1961)
• Toine Wolfs, Moergestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2012)
• Eugene Klock, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa († 1961)
• David van Wyhe, Hawarden, Sioux County, Iowa († 2021)
• Bernardina Margeretha Cardinaal, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland

• Ann McGarrity (89), Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Beppie Verbaarschot (14), Venlo
• Boukje van Klinken- (97), Musselkanaal, Nederland
• Bastianus Hermanus JONGERIUS (81), Blaricum
• Antonia Anna Maria Schellekens (61), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Blijke BROUWER (73), Dokkum Friesland Netherlands
• Alida Schreuder (77), Groningen
• Arie van Winkel (66), Zaltbommel
• Adelbert Roberts (101)
• Anna A. JECKEL (87), Cincinnati Ohio U.S.A

• 1959 » John Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 » Morten Harket, Norwegian singer-songwriter
• 1960 » Callum Keith Rennie, English-Canadian actor and producer
• 1960 » Melissa Leo, American actress
• 1960 » Ronald Lengkeek, Dutch footballer
• 1961 » Freeman Mbowe, Tanzanian politician
• 1961 » Wendy Thomas, American businesswoman
• 1962 » Bonnie Jo Campbell, American novelist and short story writer
• 1962 » Robert Herjavec, Croatian-Canadian businessman
• 1962 » Tom Kurvers, American ice hockey player and sportscaster

• 1951 » Fritz Busch, German conductor and director (b. 1890)
• 1952 » John McPhee, Australian businessman and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1874)
• 1959 » Wayne Morris, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1914)
• 1960 » M. Karagatsis, Greek author, playwright, and critic (b. 1908)
• 1961 » Ernst Gustav Kühnert, Estonian-German architect and historian (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Frederick Schule, American hurdler, football player, and coach (b. 1879)
• 1965 » J. W. Hearne, English cricketer (b. 1891)
• 1966 » Cemal Gürsel, Turkish general and politician, 4th President of Turkey (b. 1895)
• 1966 » Gertrude Berg, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1966 » Hiram Wesley Evans, American Ku Klux Klan leader (b. 1881)

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 3 » The SL-1 nuclear reactor is destroyed by a steam explosion in the only reactor incident in the United States to cause immediate fatalities.
• January 31 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: Ham the Chimp travels into outer space.
• May 16 » Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
• September 18 » U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in an air crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• October 1 » East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
• 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 September 14, 1961 was between 12.7 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.