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• Kelly Dawn Butler († 1982)
• Stephanie Mayr van Melnhof, Salzburg, Oostenrijk († 2010)
• Luc Bleyenberg, Clinge (NL)
• Daniel Joseph Walker, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States († 2000)
• Geertje Roede († 1973)
• Maartje van Duijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Bart Hensen († 2020)
• Annette Borneman († 2021)
• Yvonne Johanna Susanna Scheffer
• René Timmerman, Hengelo († 2020)

• Aaffien Aikes Köller (78), Appingedam
• Arend Oosting (71), Enschede Overijssel Nederland
• Bastiaan Groenenberg (84), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Alberdina Cornelia van Schouwen (72), Sint-Annaland
• bastiaan GROENENBERG (84), rotterdam
• Anna Maria Elizabeth Bielars (73), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Louisa Appel (93), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Albertus (Bertus) Struik (74), Almelo
• Berend MENSING (81), Grolloo (Rolde), Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Johanna van Eijbergen (74), Renkum

• 1959 » Andre Tippett, American football player and coach
• 1959 » Gerina Dunwich, American astrologer, historian, and author
• 1960 » Donald Nally, American conductor and academic
• 1960 » Maryam d'Abo, English actress
• 1960 » Terry Price, Australian golfer
• 1961 » Guido Westerwelle, German lawyer and politician, 15th Vice-Chancellor of Germany († 2016)
• 1962 » Bill Self, American basketball player and coach
• 1962 » John Kampfner, Singaporean journalist and author
• 1962 » Mark Few, American basketball player and coach
• 1962 » Sherri Steinhauer, American golfer

• 1950 » Max Beckmann, German-American painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian priest, author, and educator (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Şükrü Saracoğlu, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Julian Tuwim, Polish poet and author (b. 1894)
• 1955 » Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1881)
• 1956 » Lambert McKenna, Irish priest and lexicographer (b. 1870)
• 1958 » Harry Warner, Polish-American film producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Edgar Ende, German painter (b. 1901)
• 1972 » Lester B. Pearson, Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Vladimir Fock, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1898)

• 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.
• February 14 » Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
• April 30 » K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.
• May 19 » At Silchar Railway Station, Assam, 11 Bengalis die when police open fire on protesters demanding state recognition of Bengali language in the Bengali Language Movement.
• July 23 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.
• August 1 » U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.
• September 20 » Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.

The temperature on December 27, 1961 was between -10.2 °C and -2.2 °C and averaged -5.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.