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• Pieter Jan Pals, Wieringen († 1968)
• Marc Jan van Tatenhove, Axel († 1990)
• Jacobus Gijsbertus JANSEN, Waardenburg Gelderland Netherlands († 1997)
• Everett Gerald van Loo, Wingham, Ontario, Canada († 1981)
• Joseph W. Fineran
• Francien van der Doelen, Vinkel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2017)
• Jan Redze de Vries, Snikzwaag, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland († 2011)
• Jill Hookom
• Aafje Johanna Robben, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2021)
• Cornelis Lodevicus Clemens Maria (Kees) Verstraten, Roosendaal, Nederland († 1992)

• Antonius Arnoldus Groos (84), Boxtel
• Cornelia Maria Schoordijk (61), Laren
• Carnelia Jullens (77), Den Helder, Noord Holland, Netherlands
• Aaron White Underwood (48)
• Cornelia Maria Schoordijk (61), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie de Jong (48), Canada
• Emma Sr. Harrill (78), Rutherford County, North Carolina
• Evert Everts (82), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aron Olander Aronsson (52), Gäddede Frostviken Jämtland Län
• Catharina Anna Maria Cornelissen (68), Amsterdam

• 1960 » Andrea Anastasi, Italian volleyball player and coach
• 1960 » François Pérusse, Canadian singer-songwriter and comedian
• 1960 » Mike Teague, English rugby player
• 1960 » Ralf Minge, German footballer and manager
• 1960 » Rano Karno, Indonesian actor and politician
• 1960 » Reed Hastings, American businessman, co-founded Netflix
• 1961 » Jon Stevens, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1961 » Simon Burke, Australian actor and producer
• 1961 » Steven Bernstein, American trumpet player and composer
• 1961 » Ted Kooshian, American pianist and composer

• 1945 » Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kathleen Ferrier, English soprano (b. 1912)
• 1953 » Nigel Bruce, British actor (b. 1895)
• 1955 » Iry LeJeune, American accordion player (b. 1928)
• 1958 » Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author and translator (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican painter (b. 1908)
• 1967 » Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883)
• 1970 » Jean Giono, French author and poet (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher, playwright, and critic (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. Karin
9. Jacqueline
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 15 » At the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, South Africa announces that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth when the South African Constitution of 1961 comes into effect.
• May 16 » Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
• July 4 » On its maiden voyage, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-19 suffers a complete loss of coolant to its reactor. The crew are able to effect repairs, but 22 of them die of radiation poisoning over the following two years.
• August 10 » Vietnam War: The U.S. Army begins Operation Ranch Hand, spraying an estimated 20million US gallons (76,000m) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of food and vegetation cover.
• November 12 » Terry Jo Duperrault is the sole survivor of a series of brutal murders aboard the Ketch Bluebelle.
• November 29 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission: Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.

The temperature on October 8, 1961 was between 8.9 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (16%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.