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• John McGarity, Pulaski County, Kentucky op († 1987)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1961)
• Philip Eldon Jongkees, Leiden († 1961)
• Yvonne, Maria, Hendrina van Kempen, Ewijk
• Musje Verhulst, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Saskia Marieke Duurland († 2000)
• Franklin Francisca, Curaçao
• Ruth Ann EUWEMA († 2013)
• Willy van der Meer († 2006)
• Jennifer Eljon

• Angeniet HECKER (76), Groningen
• Amador Bueno de Campos (74), Santa Bárbara do Oeste, São Paulo, Brasil
• Antje Koningen (78), Amsterdam
• Cornelis Hendricus de Vree (71), Breda
• Alida Geertruida Roosjen (71), Groningen (NL)
• Broer Gebert (58), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonia Kraak (81), Veendam
• Antonetta Johanna Maria van Basten (69), Rotterdam
• Anna Middelburg (87), ,, Wateringen, Nederland
• Arie Johannes Anthonie Poots (77), Dordrecht

• 1959 » Joanna Domańska, Polish pianist and educator
• 1959 » Joseph Alessi, American trombonist and educator
• 1959 » Meral Okay, Turkish actress, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1960 » Dave Hemingway, English singer-songwriter and drummer
• 1960 » Deborah Roberts, American journalist
• 1960 » Lee Hall, English playwright and screenwriter
• 1961 » Caroline Flint, English politician, Minister of State for Europe
• 1961 » Erwin Koeman, Dutch retired football player and coach
• 1961 » Lisa Bloom, American lawyer and journalist
• 1962 » Jim Al-Khalili, Iraqi-English physicist, author, and academic

• 1947 » Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City (b. 1882)
• 1947 » Jantina Tammes, Dutch biologist, geneticist, and academic (b. 1871)
• 1957 » Heino Kaski, Finnish pianist and composer (b. 1885)
• 1957 » Jean Sibelius, Finnish violinist and composer (b. 1865)
• 1970 » Alexandros Othonaios, Greek general and politician, 126h Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1879)
• 1971 » Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1971 » James Westerfield, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1972 » Pierre-Henri Simon, French historian and author (b. 1903)
• 1973 » Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)
• 1975 » Saint-John Perse, French poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (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.
• January 3 » Cold War: The United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba over the latter's nationalization of American assets.
• February 4 » The Angolan War of Independence and the greater Portuguese Colonial War begin.
• February 16 » Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
• April 23 » Algiers putsch by French generals.
• May 16 » Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
• July 19 » Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.

The temperature on September 20, 1961 was between 14.2 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.