About the day » Thursday January 19, 1961Calender converter

• NN Wesselius, Sneek, Wymbritseradeel,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland († 1961)
• Johannes Engelmundus Haarhuis, Geesteren († 1984)
• Jannie de Vries, Assendelft, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1961)
• Mary REEB, Groesbeek († 2014)
• Chantal Durnez, Moorslede,8890,West-Vlaanderen,België († 2006)
• N.N. Lagendijk, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1961)
• Annet Groenendijk, Anna Paulowna / Noord-Holland
• Susan Jane Bailey, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Luc Theresia Lodewijk Vandeputte, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg.Belgium († 2008)
• Dorien Booijink, Broekland (Raalte) († 2009)

• Adrianus Stolwerk + (63), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Boudewijn Philippo (51), Flushing NY Amerika
• Antonius Grüntjes (72), Rijkevoort, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert CASTELAIN (68), Mouscron (Moeskroen)
• Catharina Gijsberta Klingen (87), Arnhem
• Catharina Johanna Bonnet (85), Schiedam
• Clinton Wilbur Burnham (85), Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Ca
• Catherine McClafferty (73), Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Christina van Heumen (89), Lith, NB, Nederland
• Christina van Heumen (89), Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1959 » Danese Cooper, American computer scientist and programmer
• 1959 » Jeff Pilson, American bass player, songwriter, and actor
• 1961 » Wayne Hemingway, English fashion designer, co-founded Red or Dead
• 1961 » William Ragsdale, American actor
• 1962 » Chris Sabo, American baseball player and coach
• 1962 » Hans Daams, Dutch cyclist
• 1962 » Jeff Van Gundy, American basketball player and coach
• 1963 » John Bercow, English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons
• 1963 » Martin Bashir, English journalist
• 1963 » Michael Adams, American basketball player and coach

• 1948 » Tony Garnier, French architect and urban planner, designed the Stade de Gerland (b. 1869)
• 1954 » Theodor Kaluza, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1885)
• 1957 » József Dudás, Romanian-Hungarian activist and politician (b. 1912)
• 1963 » Clement Smoot, American golfer (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (b. 1886)
• 1965 » Arnold Luhaäär, Estonian weightlifter (b. 1905)
• 1968 » Ray Harroun, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1879)
• 1972 » Michael Rabin, American violinist (b. 1936)
• 1973 » Max Adrian, Irish-English actor (b. 1903)
• 1975 » Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and educator (b. 1889)

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 31 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: Ham the Chimp travels into outer space.
• February 4 » The Angolan War of Independence and the greater Portuguese Colonial War begin.
• April 30 » K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.
• August 10 » Vietnam War: The U.S. Army begins Operation Ranch Hand, spraying an estimated 20million US gallons (76,000m) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of food and vegetation cover.
• September 17 » The world's first retractable roof stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• September 28 » A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.

The temperature on January 19, 1961 was between -5.7 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.