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• Ageeth Bijsterbosch, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1992)
• Maricha(Maricha) van Aarst
• Wilhelmina Kramer, Dalfsen († 1962)
• Geertje Elisabeth Gerda Bijsterbosch, Hattem († 1992)
• Jacob Marinus Quist, Sint Philipsland († 1983)
• DANIEL JEAN-LOUIS GILLARD, SERAING († 1992)
• Anthony Fokker, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1963)
• Marianne Snoep († 1997)
• Erik Wilhelmus Josephus de Jong, Amsterdam († 2022)
• Geertje Elisabeth Geda Bijsterbosch, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1992)

• Aaltje Martina Siertsema (89), Winsum
• Anna Margaretha Dorothea Hijstek (81), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Balázs Sólyom (74), Furta, Hajdu-Bihar
• Bernardus Theodorus Haak (59), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arjen Kornelis van Zwol (51), Groningen
• Anna Gertruda Maria van den Bogaert (54), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barta Jacoba de Vrij (66), Hoofddorp, Haarlemmermeer, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Arjen Cornelis van Zwol (51), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Antonia Everharda Boog (66), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arjen Kornelis van Zwol (51), Groningen

• 1960 » BD Wong, American actor
• 1960 » Dennis Anderson, American monster truck driver
• 1960 » Ian Baker-Finch, Australian golfer and sportscaster
• 1960 » Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist, lawyer, and activist († 1999)
• 1960 » Joachim Winkelhock, German racing driver
• 1961 » Bruce Castor, American lawyer and politician
• 1961 » Mary Bono, American gymnast and politician
• 1962 » Ian Dalziel, English footballer and manager
• 1962 » Jonathan Davies, Welsh rugby player and television host
• 1962 » Yves Bertucci, French footballer and manager

• 1958 » G. E. Moore, English philosopher and academic (b. 1873)
• 1960 » Yevgeny Ostashev, the test pilot of rocket, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, Lenin prize winner, Candidate of Technical Sciences (b. 1924)
• 1964 » Toni Kinshofer, German mountaineer (b. 1931)
• 1965 » Hans Meerwein, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1966 » Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian (b. 1896)
• 1969 » Behçet Kemal Çağlar, Turkish poet and politician (b. 1908)
• 1970 » Richard Hofstadter, American historian and author (b. 1916)
• 1971 » Carl Ruggles, American composer (b. 1876)
• 1971 » Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1936)
• 1972 » Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1919)

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. Catharina
7. Yvonne
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.
• January 20 » John F. Kennedy is inaugurated the 35th President of the United States of America, becoming the second youngest man to take the office, and the first Catholic.
• January 26 » John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be the first woman Physician to the President.
• March 14 » A USAF B-52 bomber crashes near near Yuba City, California whilst carrying nuclear weapons.
• June 1 » The Canadian Bank of Commerce and Imperial Bank of Canada merge to form the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the largest bank merger in Canadian history.
• July 21 » Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission: Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).
• October 1 » The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.

The temperature on October 24, 1961 was between 6.6 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 21.0 mm of rain during 7.5 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.