About the day » Sunday January 8, 1961Calender converter

• Marga (Margje) Ariesen, Veenendaal, Nederland († 2008)
• wilma janssen, helden-koningslust
• Virgil John Alwood, Molesworth, Eng († 2008)
• E.A.J.M. "Manou" Michiels van Kessenich († 2001)
• NN Schriever († 1961)
• Johannis Rietveld, alblasserdam (zuid holland) († 1988)
• Margreet Marijke Mantel, Bovenkarspel
• Andre Marie Hubert (Andre) SIMON, Heerlen (NL/LI) Lived Nuth (NL/LI) Lived Gulpen/Wittem (NL/LI) († 2002)
• Daughter of Harm & Maggie Schriever, somewhere in SD († 1961)
• marcel timothy (marcel) holten

• Arie in 't Veld (75), Minnesota
• Adriana IJzermans (81), Bergen Op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Andries Albertus Pienaar (88), Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
• Catharina Maria van Beek (70), Drunen
• Cornelis van Meer (86), Etten-Leur
• Cornelis Dessing (76), ,, den Haag, Nederland
• Arnoldus Vromans (65), Gilze en Rijen, Nederland
• Auke Dijkstra (67), Maarssen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catharina Christina van den Bos (52), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Catharina Christina van den Bos (52), Amsterdam

• 1955 » Spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer and coach
• 1957 » Nacho Duato, Spanish dancer and choreographer
• 1958 » Betsy DeVos, American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education
• 1958 » Rey Misterio, Sr., Mexican wrestler, trainer, and actor
• 1959 » Paul Hester, Australian drummer († 2005)
• 1960 » Dave Weckl, American drummer
• 1961 » Calvin Smith, American sprinter
• 1966 » Andrew Wood, American singer-songwriter († 1990)
• 1966 » Igor Vyazmikin, Russian ice hockey player († 2009)
• 1966 » Willie Anderson, American basketball player

• 1952 » Antonia Maury, American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hugh Binney, English admiral and politician, 16th Governor of Tasmania (b. 1883)
• 1954 » Eduard Wiiralt, Estonian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1898)
• 1956 » Jim Elliot, American missionary and martyr (b. 1928)
• 1958 » Mary Colter, American architect, designed the Desert View Watchtower (b. 1869)
• 1961 » Schoolboy Rowe, American baseball player and coach (b. 1910)
• 1963 » Kay Sage, American painter (b. 1898)
• 1969 » Albert Hill, English runner and coach (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Elmar Kaljot, Estonian footballer and coach (b. 1901)
• 1970 » Georges Guibourg, French actor, singer, and playwright (b. 1891)

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 9 » British authorities announce they have uncovered the Soviet Portland Spy Ring in London.
• March 1 » Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections.
• May 4 » American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.
• September 16 » Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people.
• November 18 » United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.
• December 31 » RTÉ, Ireland's state broadcaster, launches its first national television service.

The temperature on January 8, 1961 was between 2.8 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.