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• Johannes Jacobus de Beurs
• Marjo van Delft, Badhoevedorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Terica Kay Duncan, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States of America († 2016)
• "Bruno" Pierre Christian Fremin du Sartel († 2017)
• Pamela Wallace **** († 2015)
• Gregory Joe Pennington, Fayette, Fayette, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1981)
• Maria Cornelia (Mara) Don, Middelburg († 2005)
• Marjo van Delft, Badhoevedorp, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Florence de Buretel de Chassey, Colmar, 68066, France († 1969)
• Leon Edward (George) BURR, Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia († 1987)

• Cornelis Groenendijk (52), Beekbergen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Kuhn (81)
• Anthonius Franciskus Lodowicus Mori (69), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arnold Eichholtz (49)
• Augusta Johanna Steinhouse (81), Renville, Renville, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Johanna Hartjes (69), Nijmegen
• Aalt van de Pol (58), Amersfoort
• * Johannes Maria Damianus (Dam) Pijnenborg (77), Tilburg
• Antonius Franciskus Lodewicus Mori (69), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Amtje Wiggers (49), Den Helder

• 1959 » Barry Blanchard, Canadian mountaineer
• 1959 » Perry Farrell, American singer-songwriter
• 1960 » Wayne Pearce, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1961 » Amy Sedaris, American actress and comedian
• 1961 » Gary Brabham, English-Australian race car driver
• 1961 » Michael Winterbottom, English director and producer
• 1961 » Mike Kingery, American baseball player
• 1962 » Billy Beane, American baseball player and manager
• 1962 » Kirk Triplett, American golfer
• 1962 » Ted Failon, Filipino journalist and politician

• 1948 » Harry Price, English parapsychologist and author (b. 1881)
• 1957 » Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish novelist (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Barthélemy Boganda, African priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1910)
• 1963 » August Rei, Estonian soldier, journalist, and politician, 12th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian dentist and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1898)
• 1970 » Anna Louise Strong, American journalist and author (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Dhirendranath Datta, Pakistani lawyer and politician (b. 1886)
• 1972 » J. Arthur Rank, English businessman, founded Rank Organisation (b. 1888)
• 1980 » Mantovani, Italian-English conductor and composer (b. 1905)
• 1981 » Eric Williams, Trinidadian historian and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1911)

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 20 » John F. Kennedy is inaugurated the 35th President of the United States of America, becoming the second youngest man to take the office, and the first Catholic.
• May 4 » Malcolm Ross and Victor Prather attain a new altitude record for manned balloon flight ascending in the Strato-Lab V open gondola to 113,740 feet (34.67km).
• July 12 » Indian city Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams, killing at least two thousand people.
• August 1 » U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.
• September 20 » Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
• November 12 » Terry Jo Duperrault is the sole survivor of a series of brutal murders aboard the Ketch Bluebelle.

The temperature on March 29, 1961 was between 7.2 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.