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• Dan Fouts
• Brian Scott Houp, Kenton County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1983)
• Hein Valk († 2021)
• Hedwig van der Horst, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1961)
• Roelie Polinder, Doornspijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 2018)
• Roosemarijn Jantine Christien Haller, Purmerend, Nederland
• Franz Antonius van Neijenhoff, Rotterdam († 2010)
• Roelofje Andrea (Roelie) Polinder, Nunspeet (Ermelo) († 2018)
• Gerardus Johannes Adrianus van Schie, Schipluiden († 2023)
• Fabienne BOUVE, Oostende,8400,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2001)

• Adriaantje van den Berge (77), Bruinisse
• Bernardus Antonius Bouwhuis (64), Enschede, 7500, Nederland
• Camillus PAUWELS (75), Pamel,1760,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Alfons Marie (Alfons) VROEMEN (21), Brunssum (NL/LI)
• Antonius Jacobus Perridon (59), Den Haag, ·Äôs-Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Jacobus Perridon (59), 's-Gravenhage
• Camilius PAUWELS (75), Pamel
• Anna Petronella Magdalena van LOON (80), Tilburg
• Clara Cornelia van NIEL (76), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna de Haan (67), Usquert, Groningen, Nederland

• 1959 » Mark Little, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1960 » Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player and trainer († 2004)
• 1961 » Audun Kleive, Norwegian drummer and composer
• 1961 » Ian Rush, Welsh footballer and manager
• 1961 » Kate Mosse, English author and playwright
• 1961 » Les Stroud, Canadian director, producer, and harmonica player
• 1961 » Michie Tomizawa, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1962 » Dave Wong, Hong Kong-Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor
• 1962 » David M. Evans, American director and screenwriter
• 1963 » Julie Payette, Canadian engineer and astronaut

• 1950 » Henry L. Stimson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 46th United States Secretary of State (b. 1867)
• 1953 » Werner Baumbach, German colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
• 1956 » Lawrence Dale Bell, American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (b. 1894)
• 1957 » Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American javelin thrower and football player (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (b. 1874)
• 1967 » Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese politician and diplomat, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
• 1968 » Bud Flanagan, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1972 » Harlow Shapley, American astronomer and academic (b. 1885)
• 1977 » Ronnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
• 1977 » Steve Gaines, American guitarist (b. 1949)

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 31 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: Ham the Chimp travels into outer space.
• February 27 » The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
• March 29 » The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
• May 16 » Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
• August 15 » Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
• September 1 » The first conference of the Non-Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

The temperature on October 20, 1961 was between 5.5 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.