About the day » Thursday January 19, 1961Calender converter

• Willem Frederik Neuteboom, Leiden († 1964)
• Susan Jane Bailey, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Jannie de Vries, Assendelft, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1961)
• Mary REEB, Groesbeek († 2014)
• Dorien Booijink, Broekland (Raalte) († 2009)
• Chantal Durnez, Moorslede,8890,West-Vlaanderen,België († 2006)
• Anna de Vries, Assendelft, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1961)
• Johannes Engelmundus Haarhuis, Geesteren († 1984)
• NN Wesselius, Sneek, Wymbritseradeel,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland († 1961)
• Luc Theresia Lodewijk Vandeputte, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg.Belgium († 2008)

• A. Massaar, Leidschendam
• Andries Kraak (83), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina Gijsberta Klingen (87), Arnhem
• Arie Langereis (77), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Arkansas "Kansas" LAMBERT (85)
• Arie Langereis (77), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Boudewijm Philippo (51), Flushing, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus Johannes Henricus de Neeff Vergroesen (91), Amsterdam
• Antonius Henricus Johannes Nieberg (58), Schiedam
• Catherine "Cassie" Grimes (73), County Tyrone, Northern Ireland

• 1959 » Danese Cooper, American computer scientist and programmer
• 1959 » Jeff Pilson, American bass player, songwriter, and actor
• 1961 » Wayne Hemingway, English fashion designer, co-founded Red or Dead
• 1961 » William Ragsdale, American actor
• 1962 » Chris Sabo, American baseball player and coach
• 1962 » Hans Daams, Dutch cyclist
• 1962 » Jeff Van Gundy, American basketball player and coach
• 1963 » John Bercow, English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons
• 1963 » Martin Bashir, English journalist
• 1963 » Michael Adams, American basketball player and coach

• 1948 » Tony Garnier, French architect and urban planner, designed the Stade de Gerland (b. 1869)
• 1954 » Theodor Kaluza, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1885)
• 1957 » József Dudás, Romanian-Hungarian activist and politician (b. 1912)
• 1963 » Clement Smoot, American golfer (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (b. 1886)
• 1965 » Arnold Luhaäär, Estonian weightlifter (b. 1905)
• 1968 » Ray Harroun, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1879)
• 1972 » Michael Rabin, American violinist (b. 1936)
• 1973 » Max Adrian, Irish-English actor (b. 1903)
• 1975 » Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and educator (b. 1889)

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. Jacqueline
9. Karin
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.
• April 25 » Robert Noyce is granted a patent for an integrated circuit.
• May 1 » The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.
• August 15 » Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
• September 28 » A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
• November 12 » Terry Jo Duperrault is the sole survivor of a series of brutal murders aboard the Ketch Bluebelle.

The temperature on January 19, 1961 was between -5.7 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.