About the day » Saturday January 21, 1961Calender converter

• Beitske Jennie Wijngaarden, Diever († 2002)
• Ghislaine Brisson, St Jean Chrysostone, Levis, Que., Canada († 1983)
• gertruda elisabeth louisa (gerda) wilms, helden-beringe
• Josje Loermans, Wijchen († 1961)
• Maria Albertina Barbara Alken, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1988)
• Andre van Zessen, Lexmond, zh.nld († 2009)
• Robin Michelle Amendt († 1961)
• Nicolaas René Maria (René) van der Knaap († 2023)
• Erik Stoepker, Eindhoven († 1974)
• Luc Vandemoortele, Nieuwpoort († 2008)

• Annetje van `t Hof (94), Hekelingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barbara Elisabeth Oerlemans (87), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alwin van DIJK (4), Adelaide (Australië)
• Berend DE VRIES (58), Grootegast Groningen Netherlands
• Alois Bose (29), Haren
• Artie Boot (52), Pella, Marion County, Iowa
• Berend de Vrries (58), Lutjegast
• Amalia Rudolphina Vyent (79)
• Antoine Leon Casper Classen (1), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Brugge (56), Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland

• 1960 » Mike Terrana, American hard rock and heavy metal drummer
• 1960 » Sidney Lowe, American basketball player
• 1961 » Cornelia Pröll, Austrian alpine skier
• 1961 » Gary Shaw, English footballer
• 1961 » Ivo Pukanić Croatian journalist († 2008)
• 1961 » Kevin Cramer, American politician
• 1961 » Piotr Ugrumov, Russian cyclist
• 1962 » Gabriele Pin, Italian footballer and coach
• 1962 » Isabelle Nanty, French actress, director and screenwriter
• 1962 » Tyler Cowen, American economist and academic

• 1955 » Archie Hahn, German-American runner and coach (b. 1880)
• 1956 » Sam Langford, Canadian-American boxer (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Carl Switzer, American child actor and hunting guide (b. 1927)
• 1959 » Cecil B. DeMille, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1881)
• 1959 » Frances Gertrude McGill, pioneering Canadian forensic pathologist (b. 1882)
• 1960 » Matt Moore, Irish-American actor and director (b. 1888)
• 1961 » Blaise Cendrars, Swiss author and poet (b. 1887)
• 1963 » Acharya Shivpujan Sahay, Indian author, poet, and academic (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Spiros Xenos, Greek-Swedish painter (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Gwynne Evans, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1880)

• 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.
• May 1 » The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.
• May 4 » Malcolm Ross and Victor Prather attain a new altitude record for manned balloon flight ascending in the Strato-Lab V open gondola to 113,740 feet (34.67km).
• May 25 » Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces, before a special joint session of the U.S. Congress, his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.
• May 31 » The South African Constitution of 1961 becomes effective, thus creating the Republic of South Africa, which remains outside the Commonwealth of Nations until 1 June 1994, when South Africa is returned to Commonwealth membership.
• July 25 » Cold War: In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO.
• December 17 » Niterói circus fire: Fire breaks out during a performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing more than 500.

The temperature on January 21, 1961 was between 1.5 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 14.3 mm of rain during 9.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.