About the day » Sunday August 13, 1961Calender converter

• Robert E “Robbie” Todd ?****, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2020)
• Maria Aleida Hoffmann, Soest, Utrecht, Nederland († 2007)
• Katinka Saskia van Dijken, Amsterdam († 2011)
• Michael George Smith, Ogden, Weber, Utah (USA) († 1970)
• Johannes Horstra († 1977)
• Katinka Saskia Dijken van, Amsterdam († 2011)
• Rudolf Rijneveld, Arnhem († 1978)
• N.N. Neggers, Eindhoven
• Johannes Gertrudis Arnoldus Catharina Lahaije, Maastricht († 2014)
• Filip Libens, Sint-Truiden, België († 2015)

• Filippus van der Heide (43), Lemmer, gem. Lemsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Edmund Biles Spencer (103), New London, Chester County, Pennsylvania
• Elisabeth Maria de Kooning (83), Den Dungen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Gelderen van (88), Schiedam
• Carolus Aloysius Josephus HENSEN (58), Schaijk, 5374, Landerd, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Geesje van Veen (55), Haarlem
• Geesje van Veen (55), Amsterdam
• Cornelis van der Wijst (61)
• Adriana Johanna van OOSTEN (68), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Teunis Boele (4), Oudewater

• 1959 » Bruce French, English cricketer and coach
• 1959 » Danny Bonaduce, American actor and wrestler
• 1959 » Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player
• 1960 » Ivar Stukolkin, Estonian swimmer
• 1961 » Koji Kondo, Japanese composer and sound director
• 1961 » Neil Mallender, English cricketer and umpire
• 1961 » Tom Perrotta, American novelist and screenwriter
• 1962 » John Slattery, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 » Steve Higgins, American talk show co-host and announcer, writer, producer, comedian and impressionist
• 1963 » Valerie Plame, American CIA agent and author

• 1946 » H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hayato Ikeda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)
• 1971 » W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Willy Rey, Dutch-Canadian model (b. 1949)
• 1975 » Murilo Mendes, Brazilian poet and telegrapher (b. 1901)
• 1978 » Lonnie Mayne, American wrestler (b. 1944)
• 1979 » Andrew Dasburg, American painter and sculptor (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. 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.
• January 3 » Cold War: The United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba over the latter's nationalization of American assets.
• March 1 » United States President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.
• March 2 » John F. Kennedy announces the creation of the Peace Corps in a nationally televised broadcast.
• March 29 » The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
• September 1 » The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.
• September 1 » The first conference of the Non-Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

The temperature on August 13, 1961 was between 5.5 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.