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• Adelheid Fischer († 2009)
• Herman Jan Mud († 1963)
• Jolanda van Haarlem, Leerdam, South Holland, Netherlands († 2023)
• Lammert Meter, Hoogkerk, 9744, Nederland († 2017)
• Wanda Faye Smith, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1961)
• Paula van Vugt, Rijswijk,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Anna Catharina Maria Gerarda (Ineke) Smulders, Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)
• Adelheid Fischer († 2009)
• Anna Catharina Maria Gerarda Smulders, Geldrop († 1991)
• Mark van der Jagt, Christchurch (Nieuw Zeeland) († 1961)

• Anne Tobin (88), Gurteen, Killeigh, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland
• Cornelis de Graaf (76), De Cocksdorp
• Bernhard {Berend} (4k) Zomer (43), Emmen
• Catharina Rovers (83), Etten-Leur
• Anna Maria Penguet (60), Axel, Zeeland, Nederland
• Bernard Zomer (43), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria Penguet (60), Axel
• Anna Christina Schimmelpenninck (58), rotterdam
• Albert Riekerk (50), Enschede
• Bertha Wagenaar (60), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1956 » Enele Sopoaga, Tuvaluan politician, 12th Prime Minister of Tuvalu
• 1957 » Katherine Freese, American astrophysicist and academic
• 1959 » John Calipari, American basketball player and coach
• 1960 » Jim Kent, American biologist, computer programmer, academic
• 1961 » Alexander Payne, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 » George Stephanopoulos, American television journalist
• 1962 » Cliff Burton, American heavy metal bassist († 1986)
• 1962 » Randy Velischek, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1963 » Lenny Dykstra, American baseball player
• 1964 » Glenn Beck, American journalist, producer, and author

• 1944 » E. M. Antoniadi, Greek-French astronomer and chess player (b. 1870)
• 1945 » Anacleto Díaz, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1878)
• 1950 » Marcel Mauss, French sociologist and anthropologist (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Emmanouil Tsouderos, Greek banker and politician, 132nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Leonora Speyer, American poet and violinist (b. 1872)
• 1957 » Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (b. 1867)
• 1960 » Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian cardinal (b. 1898)
• 1966 » Billy Rose, American composer and songwriter (b. 1899)
• 1967 » Dionysios Kokkinos, Greek historian and author (b. 1884)
• 1975 » Nikos Kavvadias, Greek sailor and poet (b. 1910)

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. Catharina
7. Yvonne
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 31 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: Ham the Chimp travels into outer space.
• March 29 » The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
• April 8 » A large explosion on board the MVDara in the Persian Gulf kills 238.
• April 11 » The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
• October 27 » NASA tests the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
• December 31 » RTÉ, Ireland's state broadcaster, launches its first national television service.

The temperature on February 10, 1961 was between 2.6 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.