About the day » Thursday January 12, 1961Calender converter

• Michel Albertus Haring, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Annet Van tongeren, hengelo († 2019)
• Sherri Kay Sneller († 2010)
• Patrick Tuytten, Roeselare († 1991)
• Tracey Lynn Kemp, McKeesport City, PA († 2010)
• Jennifer Wiersma, Rochester, Minnesota, VS († 2023)
• Henk Dalhuisen, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1961)
• Johan Hendrik (Henk) Dalhuisen, Hattem, Gelderland, The Netherlands († 1961)
• Bonefacius de Hosson († 1961)
• Abdulnasser Altaki, Damascus (Syrië)

• Antonia Marie Mossink (83), Geleen
• Angela Johanna Maria Schilderinck (0), Groenlo
• Alida Maria De Villiers (80)
• Barend Kieft (65), Putten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonie Pieter Van Smaalen (67), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Den Holder (75), Venray, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Taai (80), Hurdegaryp, Tytsjerksteradiel, Friesland, Nederland
• August Clemenze Dietz (74), Patchoque, New York
• Aaltje Jurjens Taaij (80)
• Aaltje van de Beek (59), Apeldoorn

• 1959 » B. Brian Blair, American wrestler and politician
• 1959 » Per Gessle, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1960 » Dominique Wilkins, French-American basketball player and manager
• 1960 » Oliver Platt, Canadian-American actor
• 1961 » Simon Russell Beale, Malaysia-born English actor and historian
• 1962 » Joe Quesada, American author and illustrator
• 1962 » Luna Vachon, American-Canadian wrestler and manager († 2010)
• 1962 » Richie Richardson, Antiguan cricketer
• 1963 » François Girard, Canadian director and screenwriter
• 1963 » Nando Reis, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1958 » Charles Hatfield, American meteorologist (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Nevil Shute, English engineer and author (b. 1899)
• 1962 » Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1869)
• 1965 » Lorraine Hansberry, American author, playwright, and director (b. 1936)
• 1967 » Burhan Asaf Belge, Turkish diplomat (b. 1887)
• 1971 » John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (b. 1885)
• 1973 » Roy Franklin Nichols, American historian and academic (b. 1896)
• 1974 » Princess Patricia of Connaught (b. 1886)
• 1976 » Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1977 » Henri-Georges Clouzot, French director and screenwriter (b. 1907)

• 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 23 » The Portuguese luxury cruise ship Santa Maria is hijacked by opponents of the Estado Novo regime with the intention of waging war until dictator António de Oliveira Salazar is overthrown.
• April 20 » Cold War: Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.
• September 12 » The African and Malagasy Union is founded.
• October 17 » Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters.
• November 29 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission: Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.
• December 19 » India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India.

The temperature on January 12, 1961 was between -4.1 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.