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• Peter Jozef Antoine Vrancken († 1985)
• Eugenius Nicolaas Maria van der Horst, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jan Smit, Elspeet, Gelderland, Nederland (Gemeente Nunspeet) († 2021)
• Jan Smit, Elspeet (Ermelo) († 2021)
• Johannes Louisius Clemens Reiniers, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Robert James Delaney, Olmsted, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1982)
• Jan Roelof Meindert Dost, Emmen
• N.N. Hörmann († 1961)
• van Duin, Sittard, Limburg, Nederland († 1961)
• Raphaël Maria Franken, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1986)

• Aafke Ruitinga (85), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis van der Avoird (87), Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• van Duin (0), Sittard, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje van Dam (69)
• Arthur Leslie (Eggie) LOWE (32), George Town, Tasmania, Australia
• bernardus van der Peet (57), rotterdam
• Albertus Wijers (51), Enschede, Nederland
• Augustine Pattiiha (80), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Amelia Christina Kruimel (79), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arlette Van De Mooter (7), Reet, 2840, Rumst, Antwerpen, Belgium

• 1956 » Ann Magnuson, American actress and performance artist
• 1957 » Patty Loveless, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 » Matt Frewer, American-Canadian actor
• 1960 » Michael Stipe, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1963 » Dave Foley, Canadian comedian, actor, director, and producer
• 1963 » Martina Proeber, German diver
• 1964 » Susan Devoy, New Zealand squash player
• 1965 » Craig Revel Horwood, Australian-English dancer, choreographer, and director
• 1965 » Guy Forget, French tennis player
• 1965 » Julia Ormond, English actress and producer

• 1941 » Henri Bergson, French philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1943 » Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Greek-Polish swimmer and water polo player (b. 1911)
• 1944 » Kaj Munk, Danish playwright and pastor (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
• 1961 » Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1962 » Hans Lammers, German jurist and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » T. S. Eliot, American-English poet, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1967 » Donald Campbell, English racing driver and world speed record holder (b. 1921)
• 1969 » Paul Chambers, American bassist and composer (b. 1935)
• 1975 » Carlo Levi, Italian painter, author, and activist (b. 1902)

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.
• March 29 » The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
• April 8 » A large explosion on board the MVDara in the Persian Gulf kills 238.
• April 12 » Cold War: Space Race: The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first manned orbital flight, Vostok 1.
• May 30 » The long-time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
• July 20 » French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte.
• August 11 » The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

The temperature on January 4, 1961 was between 2.1 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain during 7.6 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (20%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.