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• Jan Levinus Gerardus Baks, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2009)
• Leendert Jacobus de Feijter, Sint Jansteen, Hulst, Zeeland, The Netherlands († 2002)
• Anthony Glen Wold, Hennepin, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1962)
• Frans Nitert († 2011)
• Roland Adrianus Ketelaars, Tilburg
• Willy Pots, Almelo
• Kenny van Dijk, Gouda († 1988)
• Lonnie Randall Statzer, Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 1999)
• Ronald Charles McCall, Irvington, Essex, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1965)
• Inge Maryns († 2002)

• Cornelis Knoop (80), Warmond
• Christoph Heinrich Adolf Henkes (66), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Chester W Elder (52)
• Antonia Hendrika Jansen (62), Orthen, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Abel ADAMS (81), Winschoten Groningen Netherlands
• Alfred George Legros Dunham (82)
• Bertus van Dongen (63), Linne, Limburg, Nederland
• Bernardina Joukes Zijlstra (72), Franeker, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Christiaan Ludovicus Ditmeijer (46), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• abelina de Vries (65), Assen

• 1958 » Béla Fleck, American banjo player and songwriter
• 1958 » Fiona Shaw, Irish actress and director
• 1959 » Ellen Kuras, American director and cinematographer
• 1959 » Sandy West, American singer-songwriter and drummer († 2006)
• 1961 » Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong singer and film actor
• 1961 » Marc Riley, English guitarist (The Fall), radio DJ
• 1963 » Ian Lougher, Welsh motorcycle racer
• 1964 » Martin Laurendeau, Canadian tennis player and coach
• 1964 » Urban Meyer, American football player and coach
• 1964 » Wilfried Peeters, Belgian cyclist

• 1950 » Richard Maury, American-Argentinian engineer (b. 1882)
• 1952 » Rued Langgaard, Danish organist and composer (b. 1893)
• 1954 » Calogero Vizzini, Italian mob boss (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Joe Giard, American baseball player (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Sæbjørn Buttedahl, Norwegian actor and sculptor (b. 1876)
• 1962 » Yehuda Leib Maimon, Israeli rabbi and politician (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Teddy Wakelam, English rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1893)
• 1970 » Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic academic and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1908)
• 1971 » Laurent Dauthuille, French boxer (b. 1924)
• 1972 » Lovie Austin, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1887)

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.
• April 12 » Cold War: Space Race: The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first manned orbital flight, Vostok 1.
• April 27 » Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister.
• May 16 » Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
• September 1 » The first conference of the Non-Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
• September 28 » A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
• December 2 » In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.

The temperature on July 10, 1961 was between 9.9 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.