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• Michel Landerloos, Sint-Truiden, België († 2023)
• Geertruida Maria Kemmeren, Waalwijk (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 2021)
• Martin van den Doel, Ouder-Amstel († 2009)
• Henriette Petra Carbaat, Dordrecht († 1994)
• James Henry Lambert Jagt († 2020)
• Baby MILLER, Urbana († 1961)
• Carmen de Gier († 2013)
• Pamela Leavens Kittrell [sKsObptPq]5, Savanna, Carroll County, Illinois († 2018)
• franciscus theodorus maria (frans) hendricks, helden-panningen
• Chris Adriaenssens, Merksem († 1964)

• Antje Jacoba WATERBORG (78), Mijdrecht Limburg Netherlands
• Arend Zwiep ( Swijp ) ( Swiep ) (53), Amsterdam
• Albertus Bouwmeester (66), Santpoort-Noord, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Arend ten Cate (66), 's-Gravenhage
• Antonius Josephus Sweens (63), Mill
• Allegonda Engelina Maria Hölscher (76), SCHIEDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Seegers (78), Maastricht
• Arend LANGBROEK (58), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Alma Stanford (79), Tippah Mem. Gardens-Tippah County, MS
• Anna Maria Rosina Moers (91), Gelinden, België

• 1959 » Babyface, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1959 » Yvan Loubier, Canadian economist and politician
• 1960 » Katrina Leskanich, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1960 » Steve Bisciotti, American businessman, co-founded Allegis Group
• 1960 » Terry Teagle, American basketball player
• 1961 » Carole Goble, English computer scientist and academic
• 1961 » Joe Cole, American roadie and author († 1991)
• 1961 » Mark Jones, American basketball player
• 1961 » Nicky Campbell, Scottish broadcaster and journalist
• 1962 » Steve Tasker, American football player and sportscaster

• 1954 » Auguste Lumière, French director and producer (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1888)
• 1955 » Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French priest, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1881)
• 1958 » Chuck Willis, American singer-songwriter (b. 1928)
• 1960 » André Berthomieu, French director and screenwriter (b. 1903)
• 1962 » Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1886)
• 1962 » Stuart Sutcliffe, Scottish artist and musician (b. 1940)
• 1965 » Linda Darnell, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1965 » Lloyd Casner, American race car driver, founded Casner Motor Racing Division (b. 1928)
• 1966 » Evelyn Waugh, English soldier, novelist, journalist and critic (b. 1903)

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 9 » British authorities announce they have uncovered the Soviet Portland Spy Ring in London.
• January 17 » Former Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba is murdered in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States.
• April 20 » Cold War: Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.
• May 9 » FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow gives his Wasteland Speech.
• June 1 » The Canadian Bank of Commerce and Imperial Bank of Canada merge to form the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the largest bank merger in Canadian history.
• September 18 » U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in an air crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The temperature on April 10, 1961 was between 4.7 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.