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• Jacob dirk Kruithof, Nederland († 2019)
• Herman de Ruiter († 1993)
• dorothea jacoba petra (dorien) ghielen, helden-beringe
• Donna Elaine Thomas, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Beverly Ann Palmer († 1997)
• Donald William (Don) Huisman († 2016)
• Garretsen, Doetinchem († 2011)
• henricus joseph marie (henk) drissen, helden-grashoek
• Dirk Broekhuizen, Scherpenzeel
• Ruud Vogel, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland

• Adriana de Vreugd (73), Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Nikolaas Johannes Hankart (89), amsterdam
• Cornelia Johanna Susanna de Swart (66), Machadodorp, Belfast, Transvaal South Africa
• Afien Kuiper (58), Hardenberg
• Albertina (Tine) BENDIEN (65), Sassenheim
• Arie Marinus Cornelis Schippers (68), Arnhem
• Cornelis van der Pol (17), Finland
• Anna Maria Kamperdicks (78), Krefeld-Hüls, Deutschland
• Albert Hendrik Duker (29), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alegonda Mellema (78), Vlagtwedde, Nederland

• 1960 » Ari Fleischer, American journalist and politician, 24th White House Press Secretary
• 1960 » Eric Joyce, Scottish soldier and politician
• 1960 » Joey Belladonna, American singer-songwriter
• 1960 » Peter Keisler, American lawyer and politician, United States Attorney General
• 1960 » Tim Brewster, American football player and coach
• 1961 » Doc Rivers, American basketball player and coach
• 1961 » Rachel De Thame, English gardener and television presenter
• 1962 » Jerry Rice, American football player and sportscaster
• 1962 » Kelly Preston, American actress († 2020)
• 1962 » T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh, American actress and author

• 1950 » Ernest Haycox, American soldier and author (b. 1899)
• 1955 » Manuel Ávila Camacho, Mexican general and politician, 45th President of Mexico (b. 1897)
• 1956 » Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, Turkish poet and author (b. 1910)
• 1961 » Prince Louis Rwagasore, Burundi politician, Prime Minister of Burundi (b. 1932)
• 1966 » Clifton Webb, American actor and dancer (b. 1889)
• 1968 » Bea Benaderet, American actress and voice artist (b. 1906)
• 1973 » Albert Mandler, Austrian-Israeli general (b. 1929)
• 1973 » Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı, Turkish ethnographer and author (b. 1886)
• 1974 » Anatoli Kozhemyakin, Soviet footballer (b. 1953)
• 1974 » Otto Binder, American author (b. 1911)

• 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 3 » A protest by agricultural workers in Baixa de Cassanje, Portuguese Angola, turns into a revolt, opening the Angolan War of Independence, the first of the Portuguese Colonial Wars.
• May 19 » At Silchar Railway Station, Assam, 11 Bengalis die when police open fire on protesters demanding state recognition of Bengali language in the Bengali Language Movement.
• May 24 » American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus.
• 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.
• July 19 » Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.
• October 17 » Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters.

The temperature on October 13, 1961 was between 3.3 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (87%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.