About the day » Sunday June 4, 1961Calender converter

• Rudolf Teunis Valstar († 2017)
• Teodora Margaritha Catherina Hoogendijk, Enschede, Nederland († 1997)
• Rudolf Teunis (Ruud) Valstar († 2017)
• Ben Scholte, Melbourne, Australië († 1987)
• Levenloos, Bergen N.H († 1961)
• Ben Scholte, Melbourne, Australië († 1987)
• Luc Schetz
• Stephanie L. Rouser, Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio († 2003)
• Tonny Kooistra († 1965)
• Rudolf Teunis Valstar, 's-Gravenzande († 2017)

• Annigje Worst (84)
• Agatha Maria Zonneveld (63), Schiedam,-
• Auwkje Ruhl (81)
• Aaltje Johanna Dibbink (50), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Auwkje Rühl (81), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Dongen (83), Dongen
• Carla Marianne Martini (Carla) Eppink (3), Denekamp, 7591, Nederland
• Adrianus Hendrikus Holtkamp (60), Beuningen
• Angelina Vleugels (79), Herselt, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• Adrianus Ruijgrok (48), Maastricht

• 1960 » Bradley Walsh, English television presenter, comedian, singer and former footballer
• 1960 » Kristine Kathryn Rusch, American author
• 1960 » Miloš Đelmaš, Serbian footballer and manager
• 1960 » Paul Taylor, American guitarist and keyboard player
• 1961 » El DeBarge, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1961 » Ferenc Gyurcsány, Hungarian businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Hungary
• 1962 » John P. Kee, American singer-songwriter and pastor
• 1962 » Junius Ho, Hong Kong solicitor and politician
• 1962 » Krzysztof Hołowczyc, Polish race car driver
• 1962 » Zenon Jaskuła, Polish cyclist

• 1942 » Reinhard Heydrich, German SS officer and politician (b. 1904)
• 1951 » Serge Koussevitzky, Russian-American bassist, composer, and conductor (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Katherine MacDonald, American actress and producer (b. 1881)
• 1962 » Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (b. 1882)
• 1967 » Linda Eenpalu, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1890)
• 1968 » Dorothy Gish, American actress (b. 1898)
• 1970 » Sonny Tufts, American actor (b. 1911)
• 1971 » György Lukács, Hungarian historian and philosopher (b. 1885)
• 1973 » Maurice René Fréchet, French mathematician and academic (b. 1878)
• 1973 » Murry Wilson, American songwriter, producer, and manager (b. 1917)

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.
• May 4 » American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.
• May 21 » American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Malcolm Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out.
• July 4 » On its maiden voyage, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-19 suffers a complete loss of coolant to its reactor. The crew are able to effect repairs, but 22 of them die of radiation poisoning over the following two years.
• July 19 » Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.
• August 21 » Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit (in America), "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes.
• October 20 » The Soviet Union performs the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf-class submarine.

The temperature on June 4, 1961 was between 11.7 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.