About the day » Sunday December 10, 1961Calender converter

• Gonda Alexandra ALTA, Purmerend († 2001)
• Mark Joseph Statzer, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Brian Joseph Hughes Sr († 2008)
• Luc Marcel VANHESTE, Diksmuide, 8600, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Terry Lynn de Boer
• Cees Volkering († 2023)
• Adam Veenhof, Gieten († 1971)
• Isabel Rech, Luiz Alves, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1996)
• Hendrik van der Laan († 1962)
• René Koele, Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2007)

• Antoon Velkeniers (75), Kortessem, België
• Allen Elmer Blank (76), Weisner, Washington Co. Idaho
• Alexander Hamilton Reid Jr (64), Houston, Harris, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Barteld Franke (91), Nieuw-Schoonebeek, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aart van Kerkwijk (59), Amsterdam
• Antje van Bergen (78), Cadzand, Zeeland, Nederland
• Barteld Franke (91), Schoonebeek
• Anne Smit (72), Vries
• Appolonia Maijenburg (75), Vinkeveen
• Berendina Wijdieks (55), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland

• 1959 » Kevin Ash, English journalist and author († 2013)
• 1959 » Mark Aguirre, American basketball player and coach
• 1959 » Udi Aloni, American-Israeli director and author
• 1959 » Wolf Hoffmann, German guitarist
• 1960 » Kōichi Satō, Japanese actor
• 1960 » Kenneth Branagh, Northern Ireland-born English actor director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 » Mark McKoy, Canadian hurdler and sprinter
• 1961 » Nia Peeples, American singer and actress
• 1962 » John de Wolf, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1962 » Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat († 2015)

• 1951 » Algernon Blackwood, English author and playwright (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-English scholar and translator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » David Shimoni, Russian-Israeli poet and translator (b. 1891)
• 1957 » Napoleon Zervas, Greek general (b. 1891)
• 1958 » Adolfo Camarillo, American horse breeder, rancher, and philanthropist (b. 1864)
• 1963 » K. M. Panikkar, Indian historian and diplomat (b. 1894)
• 1967 » Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1941)
• 1968 » George Forrest, Northern Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1921)
• 1968 » Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author (b. 1886)
• 1968 » Thomas Merton, American monk and author (b. 1915)

• 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.
• April 9 » The Pacific Electric Railway in Los Angeles, once the largest electric railway in the world, ends operations.
• April 11 » The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
• May 9 » FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow gives his Wasteland Speech.
• September 17 » The world's first retractable roof stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• October 17 » Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters.
• December 9 » Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain.

The temperature on December 10, 1961 was between 6.9 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.