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• Arlindo de Faria Gomes, Prisco, Braga, Portugal († 2006)
• Rob WAMELINK, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Bernadette Marthe Céline Marie Renelde Ghislaine van DOORSLAER de ten RYEN, Grand-Manil, 5030, Namur, Belgique
• Olivier de La Cropte de Chantérac, Antananarivo, Madagascar († 1961)
• Frederieke Antoinette Jochems, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Regina Margaretha van Schaik († 1997)
• Rob Wamelink, Noordwijk († 2006)
• N.n. Schraal, Kampen († 1961)
• Eric Robert Marc Nollet, Lille, 59 (F) († 2020)
• Francy DE SMET, Leerbeek,1755,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 1999)

• Anna Beckers (73), Maastricht
• Greven (84), Drouwenermond, gem. Borger
• Anna Therese Vanderkelen (74)
• Albert Eise Postma (81), Smilde, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Antoinette Vitringa (4), Noordwijk
• Aletta Deurlo (87), Oegstgeest
• *Egbert Stuut (88), Siddeburen Gem Slochteren
• Bernardus Gradus Kaal (68), Apeldoorn
• Anna Catharina Knelissen (65), Venlo,Gemeente Venlo,Limburg,Nederland
• Berberina Johanna Kommers (53), Bergen op Zoom

• 1958 » Lorenzo Lamas, American actor, director, and producer
• 1959 » R. A. Salvatore, American author
• 1959 » Tami Hoag, American author
• 1960 » Apa Sherpa, Nepalese-American mountaineer
• 1960 » Scott Thunes, American bass player
• 1960 » Will Wright, American video game designer, co-founded Maxis
• 1963 » James Denton, American actor
• 1963 » Mark Ryden, American painter and illustrator
• 1964 » Ozzie Guillén, Venezuelan-American baseball player and manager
• 1964 » Ron Harper, American basketball player and coach

• 1947 » Josh Gibson, American baseball player (b. 1911)
• 1954 » Fred Root, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Warren Bardsley, Australian cricketer (b. 1882)
• 1955 » Robert P. T. Coffin, American author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Robinson Jeffers, American poet and philosopher (b. 1887)
• 1965 » Alan Freed, American radio host (b. 1922)
• 1971 » Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1971 » Minanogawa Tōzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 34th Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1973 » Amílcar Cabral, Guinea Bissauan-Cape Verdian engineer and politician (b. 1924)
• 1973 » Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician and surgeon (b. 1885)

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.
• 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.
• January 25 » 101 Dalmatians premiered from Walt Disney Productions.
• April 23 » Algiers putsch by French generals.
• April 25 » Robert Noyce is granted a patent for an integrated circuit.
• May 14 » Civil rights movement: A white mob twice attacks a Freedom Riders bus near Anniston, Alabama, before fire-bombing the bus and attacking the civil rights protesters who flee the burning vehicle.
• November 21 » The "La Ronde" opens in Honolulu, first revolving restaurant in the United States.

The temperature on January 20, 1961 was between 0.3 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.