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• Dennis Ray Barrett, unbekannt († 1961)
• Jean de Herbenstein († 1992)
• Hermanus Johannes Maria (Harry) Oude Nijeweme, Beuningen, 7588, Nederland († 1972)
• Marin ZU HERBERSTEIN, Vienna Austria († 1992)
• Cornelia Lamberdina Maria van Poppel, Etten-Leur († 2018)
• Erik Stijf, Arnhem, Nederland († 1985)
• Yvonne A.B.M. van Heijningen († 1977)
• Philippe PATERNOTTE, Soignies (Zinnik), Henegouwen, België († 1961)
• Evert van den Hul, Oldebroek, Gld, NL († 2017)
• Sandra Elizabeth Logan [M|||] († 1961)

• Arendtje Dirks Bijl (73), Schoterland, Nederland
• Berend van den Beld (82), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Wolters (46), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Catherine Josephine Schug (91), Shakopee, Scott Co, Minnesota
• Catharina Gertruda Gerards (86), Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland
• Antje van den Bos (76), Rotterdam
• Andries Waterman (52)
• Catherina Henriette Anna Luberti (81), Texel
• Alida Jantina Reijntjes (74), Utrecht
• Christina Hendrika Menting (66)

• 1958 » Eleanor Laing, Scottish lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
• 1958 » Luther Blissett, Jamaican-English footballer and manager
• 1961 » Daniel M. Tani, American engineer and astronaut
• 1961 » Kaduvetti Guru, Indian politician († 2018)
• 1961 » Volker Fried, German field hockey player and coach
• 1962 » José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer († 2004)
• 1962 » Takashi Murakami, Japanese painter and sculptor
• 1962 » Tomoyasu Hotei, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964 » Jani Lane, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2011)
• 1964 » Mario Pelchat, Canadian singer-songwriter

• 1949 » Herbert Stothart, American conductor and composer (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Nicolae Dumitru Cocea, Romanian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1880)
• 1957 » Friedrich Paulus, German general (b. 1890)
• 1958 » Clinton Davisson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress (b. 1873)
• 1966 » Buster Keaton, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1895)
• 1966 » Hedda Hopper, American actress and journalist (b. 1885)
• 1968 » Echol Cole and Robert Walker - sparking the Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike
• 1970 » Alfréd Rényi, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1921)
• 1976 » Werner Heisenberg, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)

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 3 » Cold War: The United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba over the latter's nationalization of American assets.
• February 15 » Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team along with several of their coaches and family members.
• April 23 » Algiers putsch by French generals.
• May 4 » American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.
• July 20 » French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte.
• July 25 » Cold War: In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO.

The temperature on February 1, 1961 was between 1.4 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.