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• Cornelis Theodorus (Cock) van Duin († 2010)
• joseph johannes (jos) van oijen, helden-grashoek
• Michael David Wise († 1999)
• Robert Alexander Don, Maarn († 2009)
• Cornelis (Kees) Verkerk, Ameide († 2001)
• Elisabeth Post († 1969)
• Hilda-Mary (Hilda) Hobers, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
• Elizabet Post, Urk († 1969)
• Daniel Boyd Hubbard, Ohio († 2005)
• Katinka Snikkers († 2001)

• Antonie Gerardus de Weerd (74), Asperen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert de Boer (64), Den Helder
• Carrie D Austin (88)
• Alberta Amenda van Gastel (44)
• Charles de Bryas (76)
• Anna Christina Buijs (74), Delft
• Adrianus Lips (63)
• "Charles" Auguste Louis Marie de Bryas (76), château de Bryas, Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, Pas-de-Calais, France
• Antonie Gerardus de Weerd (74), Asperen
• Anton Bernard Martin KRULL (50), Amsterdam Noord-Holland Netherlands

• 1959 » Fruit Chan, Chinese director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 » Pedro Delgado, Spanish cyclist and sportscaster
• 1960 » Pierre Aubry, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1960 » Susanne Bier, Danish director and screenwriter
• 1960 » Tony Jones, English snooker player
• 1961 » Carol W. Greider, American molecular biologist
• 1961 » Dawn Wright, American geographer and oceanographer
• 1961 » Neil Carmichael, English academic and politician
• 1962 » Nawal El Moutawakel, Moroccan athlete and politician
• 1962 » Tom Kane, American voice actor

• 1945 » Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (b. 1892)
• 1949 » Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (b. 1912)
• 1962 » Clara Blandick, American actress (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, Bengali politician, writer, journalist, first health minister of East Pakistan
• 1967 » Totò, Italian comedian (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Friedebert Tuglas, Estonian author and critic (b. 1886)
• 1971 » Gurgen Boryan, Armenian poet and playwright (b. 1915)

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. Catharina
7. Yvonne
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.
• April 17 » Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.
• July 20 » French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte.
• September 12 » The African and Malagasy Union is founded.
• 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.
• November 21 » The "La Ronde" opens in Honolulu, first revolving restaurant in the United States.
• December 9 » Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain.

The temperature on April 15, 1961 was between 3.9 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.