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• Antonius Alphonsus Maria Haselbekke, Geesteren († 2020)
• Sheldon Ray Leasock, Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania († 1961)
• Beth Lynn Schochenmaier
• Cara Jane Hanson, Downey,L.A.California († 1997)
• Martina van der Horst, Loenen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Maria Elisabeth Theresia de Wolf, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Margaretha Maria van Bennekom, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1964)
• Johannes Frans (Hans) Kaashoek, Zoetermeer, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Theodora Antoinetta Henrica Maria van de Vorst, Eindhoven († 2007)
• John Stockton, Engeland († 2019)

• Anneke Daalman (72), Groningen
• Alphonsus Alfridus Wintraecken (78)
• Ardiena Schellekens (84), Vught
• Anna van Hooren (61), Maastricht
• Camille Dhaenens (56), Oostburg,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Buford W Rushing (46), Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Betty Elaine Roberts (48), Mutual Rights Cem., Greene County, Ms
• Bert van Faassen (78), Holland, Michigan
• Aaltje Tjallings de Vries (84), Bolsward
• Agatha Del Grosso (85), Leeuwarden

• 1958 » Michael Hitchcock, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 » Terry Fox, Canadian runner and activist († 1981)
• 1959 » William T. Vollmann, American novelist, short story writer and journalist
• 1960 » Jon J. Muth, American author and illustrator
• 1960 » Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 » Yōichi Takahashi, Japanese illustrator
• 1961 » Yannick Dalmas, French race car driver
• 1962 » Rachel Sweet, American singer, television writer, and actress
• 1964 » Lori Loughlin, American actress
• 1965 » Priscilla Chan, Hong Kong singer

• 1957 » Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and educator (b. 1876)
• 1957 » Isaac Heinemann, German-Israeli scholar and academic (b. 1876)
• 1965 » Attallah Suheimat, Jordanian politician (b. 1875)
• 1965 » Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic (b. 1894)
• 1967 » Karl W. Richter, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1942)
• 1968 » Otto Hahn, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
• 1969 » Frank Loesser, American composer (b. 1910)
• 1969 » Ramón Grau, Cuban physician and politician, 6th President of Cuba (b. 1882)
• 1971 » Lawrence Moore Cosgrave, Canadian colonel and diplomat (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Myril Hoag, American baseball player (b. 1908)

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.
• March 1 » Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections.
• May 19 » At Silchar Railway Station, Assam, 11 Bengalis die when police open fire on protesters demanding state recognition of Bengali language in the Bengali Language Movement.
• June 23 » The Antarctic Treaty System, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and limits military activity on the continent, its islands and ice shelves, comes into force.
• August 1 » U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.
• September 12 » The African and Malagasy Union is founded.
• September 20 » Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.

The temperature on July 28, 1961 was between 11.7 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.