About the day » Tuesday October 17, 1961Calender converter

• Raymond SMITHUIS, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Frans Anne Kooiman, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jacob Nijdam, Andijk († 2012)
• Esther de Ridder († 2014)
• B.E.J. Vleeskens († 2001)
• Leisha (Leshia) Kay Kittrell Freeman <K FgmcFLBu>1, Florida ql († 1998)
• Philippe DECLERCQ, Roeselare,8800,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie,Belgie († 2002)
• Frank Jan van der Leij, Vught († 2013)
• Lowina Slof († 2008)
• Gerrit MENSINK, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland

• Adriana Susanna Josephina van den Bosch (69), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelis Boon (84), Wervershoof, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Coolen (83), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius Petrus Raven (59), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Johannes (1) Hielkema (80), ,, Tijnje, Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Agatha Margarethe (Aagje) Hartland (72), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Antonius Walsmits (72), Tilburg,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Adriana Susanna Josephina van den Bosch (69), Deventer
• Berendina Johanna Berger (84), Rheden
• Antje Egberts van Zanden (80), Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands

• 1959 » Francisco Flores Pérez, Salvadorian politician, President of El Salvador († 2016)
• 1959 » Ron Drummond, American author and scholar
• 1960 » Bernie Nolan, Irish singer († 2013)
• 1960 » Guy Henry, English actor
• 1960 » Philippe Sands, American lawyer and academic
• 1960 » Rob Marshall, American director, producer, and choreographer
• 1961 » David Means, American short story writer
• 1962 » Glenn Braggs, American baseball player
• 1962 » Jay Humphries, American basketball player
• 1962 » Mike Judge, American animator, director, screenwriter, producer and actor

• 1955 » Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician (b. 1873)
• 1956 » Anne Crawford, Israeli-English actress (b. 1920)
• 1958 » Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (b. 1896)
• 1962 » Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter, costume designer, and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician and academic (b. 1865)
• 1965 » Bart King, American cricketer (b. 1873)
• 1966 » Sidney Hatch, American runner and soldier (b. 1883)
• 1966 » Wieland Wagner, German director and manager (b. 1917)
• 1967 » Puyi, Chinese emperor (b. 1906)

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 24 » Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.
• February 4 » The Angolan War of Independence and the greater Portuguese Colonial War begin.
• February 13 » An allegedly 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, US, that appears to anachronistically encase a spark plug.
• 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.
• September 20 » Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
• November 11 » Thirteen Italian Air Force servicemen, deployed to the Congo as a part of the UN peacekeeping force, are massacred by a mob in Kindu.

The temperature on October 17, 1961 was between 8.2 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 25.9 mm of rain during 14.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.