About the day » Wednesday May 3, 1961Calender converter

• elisabeth maria antonia gerarda segers, helden-dorp
• Andre van Vliet
• Janna Hidding, Alteveer, Stadskanaal, Groningen, Netherlands († 1995)
• Jochem Hennink († 2016)
• Bryan J. Nederhood, of Michigan, United States († 1994)
• Jolanda van Noye, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1966)
• Joannes Antonius Maria Harte († 2013)
• Martin van Sundert, Etten-Leur († 2003)
• elisabeth wilhelmina petronella maria (helma) korsten, helden-dorp
• John Harold Howard Macdonald, Charlottetown, PEI († 2003)

• Adriana van Putten (60), Koog aan de Zaan, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Albertus Taal (64), Scheveningen
• Adriana Wielemaker (71), Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL
• Adrianus van Minderhout (69), Breda
• Arie Wassenaar (61), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Kerkhoven (66), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Maas (66)
• Antje Boerema (68), Winschoten
• Aafke Lucina de Waard (77), Grijpskerk
• Antoon Jozef (Toon) de Best (44), Boxmeer

• 1959 » Ben Elton, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1959 » David Ball, English keyboard player and producer
• 1959 » Uma Bharti, Indian activist and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
• 1960 » Kathy Smallwood-Cook, English sprinter and educator
• 1961 » David Vitter, American lawyer and politician
• 1961 » Leyla Zana, Kurdish activist and politician
• 1961 » Steve McClaren, English footballer and manager
• 1962 » Anders Graneheim, Swedish bodybuilder
• 1963 » Jeff Hornacek, American basketball player and coach
• 1963 » Mona Siddiqui, Pakistani-Scottish journalist and academic

• 1943 » Harry Miller, American engineer (b. 1875)
• 1948 » Ernst Tandefelt, Finnish assassin of Heikki Ritavuori (b. 1876)
• 1949 » Fanny Walden, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Frank Foster, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Zakir Husain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd President of India (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk, Turkish footballer, coach, and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1972 » Bruce Cabot, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1972 » Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach (b. 1883)
• 1972 » Kenneth Bailey, Australian lawyer and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Canada (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Bill Downs, American journalist (b. 1914)

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.
• February 3 » The United States Air Forces begins Operation Looking Glass, and over the next 30 years, a "Doomsday Plane" is always in the air, with the capability of taking direct control of the United States' bombers and missiles in the event of the destruction of the SAC's command post.
• March 1 » Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections.
• 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).
• August 13 » Cold War: East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West, and construction of the Berlin Wall is started.
• August 21 » American country music singer Patsy Cline returns to record producer Owen Bradley's studio in Nashville, Tennessee to record her vocals to Willie Nelson's "Crazy", which would become her signature song.
• December 15 » Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty by an Israeli court of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people, and membership of an outlawed organization.

The temperature on May 3, 1961 was between 9.0 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.