About the day » Sunday January 8, 1961Calender converter

• marcel timothy (marcel) holten
• Virgil John Alwood, Molesworth, Eng († 2008)
• E.A.J.M. "Manou" Michiels van Kessenich († 2001)
• Daughter of Harm & Maggie Schriever, somewhere in SD († 1961)
• NN Schriever († 1961)
• Margreet Marijke Mantel, Bovenkarspel
• wilma janssen, helden-koningslust
• Marga (Margje) Ariesen, Veenendaal, Nederland († 2008)
• Johannis Rietveld, alblasserdam (zuid holland) († 1988)
• Andre Marie Hubert (Andre) SIMON, Heerlen (NL/LI) Lived Nuth (NL/LI) Lived Gulpen/Wittem (NL/LI) († 2002)

• Anna Adelheid Schröer (84), Altenberge, Haren (Ems)
• Agnès Ferrest (66)
• Broer Minnes Posthumus (70), Ljouwert (Leeuwarden), Fryslân, Nederland
• Anne Elizabeth Plunkett (80), Harvey, Western Australia, Australie
• Andries Albertus Pienaar (88), Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
• Auke Masereeuw (98), Amsterdam
• Agnes Pauline Adamec (93), Campbellton/Atascosa/Texas (USA)
• Anna Adelheid Schröer (84), Altenberge, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Albertus Johannes van Hal (55)
• Arie in 't Veld (75), Minnesota

• 1955 » Spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer and coach
• 1957 » Nacho Duato, Spanish dancer and choreographer
• 1958 » Betsy DeVos, American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education
• 1958 » Rey Misterio, Sr., Mexican wrestler, trainer, and actor
• 1959 » Paul Hester, Australian drummer († 2005)
• 1960 » Dave Weckl, American drummer
• 1961 » Calvin Smith, American sprinter
• 1966 » Andrew Wood, American singer-songwriter († 1990)
• 1966 » Igor Vyazmikin, Russian ice hockey player († 2009)
• 1966 » Willie Anderson, American basketball player

• 1952 » Antonia Maury, American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hugh Binney, English admiral and politician, 16th Governor of Tasmania (b. 1883)
• 1954 » Eduard Wiiralt, Estonian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1898)
• 1956 » Jim Elliot, American missionary and martyr (b. 1928)
• 1958 » Mary Colter, American architect, designed the Desert View Watchtower (b. 1869)
• 1961 » Schoolboy Rowe, American baseball player and coach (b. 1910)
• 1963 » Kay Sage, American painter (b. 1898)
• 1969 » Albert Hill, English runner and coach (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Elmar Kaljot, Estonian footballer and coach (b. 1901)
• 1970 » Georges Guibourg, French actor, singer, and playwright (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.
• March 15 » At the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, South Africa announces that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth when the South African Constitution of 1961 comes into effect.
• July 25 » Cold War: In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO.
• September 18 » CONCACAF is established as the governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.
• September 20 » Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
• November 11 » Thirteen Italian Air Force servicemen, deployed to the Congo as a part of the UN peacekeeping force, are massacred by a mob in Kindu.
• November 29 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission: Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.

The temperature on January 8, 1961 was between 2.8 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.