About the day » Wednesday November 8, 1961Calender converter

• Jan Johanneszn. Hoekstra, Warga, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1994)
• Linda, Godelieve, Simonne Vandecasteele, Gent († 2012)
• Karl John Huberdeau, Montréal, PQ († 1962)
• Raymond Edwin Sunter, Den Haag, ZH Netherlands († 2008)
• Marinus Rotte, Zierikzee (ZLD) († 1961)
• Karin Brienen, Vortum-Mullem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1983)
• Annie van Elp, Oldemarkt († 2023)
• Johannes Mattijs de Waard, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Aldo Zwaan, Steenwijk († 2019)
• Beerta Tolner, Roden, Drenthe, Nederland

• Bernhard Heinrich Meijer (87), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cunera Maria Admiraal (52)
• Aeger Hiemstra (64), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Albert Alards (80), Horst,, Limburg, Nederland
• Catharina Schreurs (79), Alkemade, ZH, Nederland
• Bonno Oostindier (72), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Bernhard Heinrich Meijer (87), Delft, Zuid Holland
• Carolina Hendriks de Vries (88)
• ADRIAAN DE KEIJZER (77), SCHIEDAM
• Carolina de Vries (88), St Nic (OLVpension)

• 1958 » Don Byron, American clarinet player and composer
• 1958 » Ken Lamberton, American author and educator
• 1958 » Selçuk Yula, Turkish footballer and journalist († 2013)
• 1959 » Chi Chi LaRue, American drag queen performer and director
• 1959 » Miroslav Janů, Czech footballer and manager († 2013)
• 1960 » Michael Nyqvist, Swedish actor and producer († 2017)
• 1960 » Oleg Menshikov, Russian actor, singer, and director
• 1961 » Leif Garrett, American singer, actor, and television personality
• 1961 » Micky Adams, English footballer and manager
• 1963 » Paul McKenna, English hypnotist and author

• 1949 » Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian-Austrian priest and activist (b. 1874)
• 1953 » Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1953 » John van Melle, Dutch-South African author and educator (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Chika Kuroda, Japanese chemist (b. 1884)
• 1959 » Frank S. Land, American activist, founded the DeMolay International (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Subroto Mukerjee, Indian soldier; Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force (b. 1911)
• 1965 » Dorothy Kilgallen, American journalist, television personality, and game show panelist (b. 1913)
• 1968 » Peter Mohr Dam, Faroese educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1898)
• 1968 » Wendell Corey, American actor and politician (b. 1914)
• 1970 » Huw T. Edwards, Welsh poet and politician (b. 1892)

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 8 » In France a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria.
• March 29 » The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
• March 30 » The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.
• 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.
• September 1 » The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.
• September 11 » Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.

The temperature on November 8, 1961 was between 3.8 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain during 6.7 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.