About the day » Sunday April 9, 1961Calender converter

• Judith Marianna Knoop, Zuilen
• Sylvain Jean Claude MAYER, Stiring-Wendel, Moselle, Grand Est, France († 1961)
• van Iperen, Schijndel († 2011)
• Frank Lodewijk van DULLEMEN, Haarlem († 1962)
• Arend Slot, Hardenberg († 2019)
• Patrick Dias, Gent († 1996)
• Hubertus J.A.M. Dekkers, Gilze en Rijen († 1994)
• Aaltje Willemina "Lia" Bijsterveld, Blokzijl, Nederland († 2010)
• Arend Slot, Hardenberg († 2019)
• Yvonne Maria Bremer, Arnhem

• Anna Gerarda Luijpen (85), Dreumel
• Bertha Emma Grün (72), Münchhausen, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany
• Albert Johannes Thomas (0), Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Barteld Abele de Vries (73), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alfred Ernest Johannis Tyndall (78)
• Catharina van Hooren (70), Maastricht
• Alphonsus Maria de Waal (65), Amsterdam
• Adriaan Louwerse (67), 's-Heer Arendskerke, Zeeland, NL
• Christiaan Antonij Dekkers (81), Bergen op Zoom
• Alva Carl McCalley **** (64), burial in Floral Hills, Hazleton Twp., Buchanan County, Iowa

• 1959 » Bernard Jenkin, English businessman and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
• 1960 » Jaak Aab, Estonian educator and politician, Minister of Social Affairs of Estonia
• 1961 » Kirk McCaskill, Canadian-American baseball and hockey player
• 1961 » Mark Kelly, Irish keyboard player
• 1962 » Ihor Podolchak, Ukrainian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 » Imran Sherwani, English field hockey player
• 1962 » Jeff Turner, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1962 » John Eaves, American production designer and illustrator
• 1963 » Joe Scarborough, American journalist, lawyer, and politician
• 1963 » Marc Jacobs, American-French fashion designer

• 1948 » George Carpenter, Australian 5th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1872)
• 1951 » Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist and meteorologist (b. 1862)
• 1953 » C. E. M. Joad, English philosopher and television host (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Eddie Cochems, American football player and coach (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Hans Reichenbach, German philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1891)
• 1959 » Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater (b. 1867)
• 1961 » Zog I of Albania (b. 1895)
• 1963 » Eddie Edwards, American trombonist (b. 1891)
• 1963 » Xul Solar, Argentinian painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1970 » Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish-American illustrator and animator (b. 1896)

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 11 » Throgs Neck Bridge over the East River, linking New York City's boroughs of The Bronx and Queens, opens to road traffic.
• May 19 » At Silchar Railway Station, Assam, 11 Bengalis die when police open fire on protesters demanding state recognition of Bengali language in the Bengali Language Movement.
• July 21 » Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission: Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).
• September 16 » The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury.
• September 17 » The world's first retractable roof stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• 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.

The temperature on April 9, 1961 was between 2.1 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.