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• Johanna Rouwit († 2020)
• Randy Dean Oldenburger, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2012)
• Theresa Ann Holtz, Fort Thomas, Campbell, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Nigel Thomas Berney, Yeoval NSW († 1962)
• Todd Ross Freese, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2016)
• nm milesi, Ornica, Bergamo, Lombardia, Italia († 1961)
• Dora Hettinga († 2018)
• Franky VAN Houteghem, KRUIBEKE († 1991)
• Gea van Dalen († 2013)
• Jeffrey Ellens, Grand Rapids, Kent County, US-MI († 2013)

• Alfred Hubert Alphonse TYCHON (64), CHARNEUX, Liège, Belgique
• Aagje De Jong (57)
• Berend Bos (75), Nieuw Amsterdam, Nederland
• Albert Jan Heimerink (78), Hengelo (Overijssel)
• Anthonie Mantel (78), Enkhuizen, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Voets (75), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Antonia Strik (77), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arendje (Aat) Jacobsd X de Groot (51), EaZ
• Claud Wesley Cosby (70), Community Hospital, Signal Hill, Los Angeles Co., CA (residence, Bellflower)
• Antonia Strik (77), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1959 » Chris Lowe, English singer and keyboard player
• 1959 » Hitonari Tsuji, Japanese author, composer, and director
• 1959 » Tony Meo, English snooker player
• 1960 » Henry Worsley, English colonel and explorer († 2016)
• 1960 » Joe Boever, American baseball player
• 1961 » Jon Secada, Cuban-American singer-songwriter
• 1961 » Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese author and illustrator, created Yu-Gi-Oh!
• 1961 » Philippe Russo, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 » Carlos Carsolio, Mexican mountaineer
• 1963 » A. C. Green, American basketball player

• 1946 » Barney Oldfield, American race car driver and actor (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1951 » Henrietta Lacks, American medical patient (b. 1920)
• 1955 » Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883)
• 1958 » Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (b. 1884)
• 1961 » Benjamin, Russian metropolitan (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Alar Kotli, Estonian architect (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
• 1974 » Anne Sexton, American poet and author (b. 1928)
• 1975 » Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1903)

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. Karin
9. Jacqueline
10. Wilhelmina
11. Ingrid
12. Adriana
13. Monique
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 26 » John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be the first woman Physician to the President.
• February 4 » The Angolan War of Independence and the greater Portuguese Colonial War begin.
• March 24 » Quebec Board of the French Language is established.
• March 30 » The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.
• May 30 » The long-time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
• October 1 » East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.

The temperature on October 4, 1961 was between 10.7 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.