About the day » Wednesday February 1, 1961Calender converter

• Cornelia Lamberdina Maria van Poppel, Etten-Leur († 2018)
• Hennie van Kleef († 2006)
• Shawn Timothy Curley († 1995)
• Erik Stijf, Arnhem, Nederland († 1985)
• Count Johann of Herberstein, Wien, Wien, Austria († 1992)
• Huberdina Maria Engelberta Peters, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Evert van den Hul, Oldebroek, Nederland († 2017)
• Dennis Ray Barrett, unbekannt († 1961)
• Philippe PATERNOTTE, Soignies (Zinnik), Henegouwen, België († 1961)
• Marin ZU HERBERSTEIN, Vienna Austria († 1992)

• Blanche Medema (67), Kalamazoo (Michigan, USA)
• Berendina Vos (50), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Batje de Koning (79)
• Arnolda van der Staak (85), Hilvarenbeek
• Catherine Henriette Anna Luberti (81), Texel
• Catharina Gertruda Gerards (86), Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland
• Catherina Henriette Anna Luberti (81), Texel
• Abraham DOORNHEIM (70), Melissant
• Adrianus Beets (66), Zaandam, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• ? VAN BLITTERSWIJK

• 1958 » Eleanor Laing, Scottish lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
• 1958 » Luther Blissett, Jamaican-English footballer and manager
• 1961 » Daniel M. Tani, American engineer and astronaut
• 1961 » Kaduvetti Guru, Indian politician († 2018)
• 1961 » Volker Fried, German field hockey player and coach
• 1962 » José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer († 2004)
• 1962 » Takashi Murakami, Japanese painter and sculptor
• 1962 » Tomoyasu Hotei, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964 » Jani Lane, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2011)
• 1964 » Mario Pelchat, Canadian singer-songwriter

• 1949 » Herbert Stothart, American conductor and composer (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Nicolae Dumitru Cocea, Romanian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1880)
• 1957 » Friedrich Paulus, German general (b. 1890)
• 1958 » Clinton Davisson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress (b. 1873)
• 1966 » Buster Keaton, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1895)
• 1966 » Hedda Hopper, American actress and journalist (b. 1885)
• 1968 » Echol Cole and Robert Walker - sparking the Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike
• 1970 » Alfréd Rényi, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1921)
• 1976 » Werner Heisenberg, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)

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 17 » Former Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba is murdered in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States.
• January 25 » In Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
• February 14 » Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
• May 25 » Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces, before a special joint session of the U.S. Congress, his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.
• October 1 » The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.
• December 19 » India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India.

The temperature on February 1, 1961 was between 1.4 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.