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• Rein Zwerver († 2017)
• Kathy Ann Adkins, West Liberty, Morgan, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Mark Edward Weirauch, Napoleon, Henry Co., OH († 2008)
• Johannes Franciscus Maria Zweekhorst, 's-Gravenhage († 2021)
• Peterke van den Hoven, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1966)
• Peter Hesen, Beringe
• joseph martines (peter) hesen, helden-beringe
• Peter (Petrus Wilhelmus Cornelis) van der Steen, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)

• Arie Jan Oudijn (54)
• Antonius Martinus Lohues (28), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelis Willem de Vor (43)
• catharina peeters (80), beesel
• (81), Nieuw Dijk (Didam, GLD, NL)
• Arthur de Weghe (70), Ninove, Oost-Vlaanderen
• Antje Petrus van Waarden (77), Drogeham, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• * Geurtje Lena van Steenbeek (68), Ede
• Aafke Starkenburg (81), Haarlem
• Cornelis Cornelisz Paarlberg (71), Alkmaar

• 1958 » Blažej Baláž, Slovak painter, sculptor, and illustrator
• 1958 » Stefan Dennis, Australian actor
• 1959 » John Magufuli, Tanzanian politician, 5th President of Tanzania
• 1959 » Mike Gartner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 » Fabiola Gianotti, Italian physicist and academic
• 1960 » Thorsten Schlumberger, German footballer
• 1961 » Joel Otto, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1961 » Randy Jackson, American singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1962 » Einar Örn Benediktsson, Icelandic singer, trumpet player, and politician
• 1963 » Gerald Morris, American author

• 1950 » Gustaf V of Sweden (b. 1858)
• 1953 » William Kapell, American pianist (b. 1922)
• 1956 » Louis Rosier, French race car driver (b. 1905)
• 1957 » Louis B. Mayer, Belarusian-American production manager and producer (b. 1885)
• 1958 » Zoë Akins, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Astrid Holm, Danish actress (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Adolphe Menjou, American actor (b. 1890)
• 1969 » Pops Foster, American bassist and trumpet player (b. 1892)
• 1971 » Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Duane Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)

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 23 » The Portuguese luxury cruise ship Santa Maria is hijacked by opponents of the Estado Novo regime with the intention of waging war until dictator António de Oliveira Salazar is overthrown.
• March 1 » Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections.
• April 9 » The Pacific Electric Railway in Los Angeles, once the largest electric railway in the world, ends operations.
• May 1 » The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.
• May 31 » The South African Constitution of 1961 becomes effective, thus creating the Republic of South Africa, which remains outside the Commonwealth of Nations until 1 June 1994, when South Africa is returned to Commonwealth membership.
• October 1 » The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.

The temperature on October 29, 1961 was between 2.6 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.