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• Erwin Ariel Ross Miranda
• Jerom Ray PERSOON, Canton, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1999)
• Joannis Cornelis (Jan) VENDRIG, Jutphaas
• Gabriël Anthonie Garza, Brownsville Texas (USA) († 1999)
• James P "Jim" McGuire, Cherry Hill, Camden, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Gerarda Johanna Henriëtte - Gea Heller, Winschoten, Ziekenhuis († 1961)
• Kevin Arthur Krieger, Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy († 1994)
• Christianus Hermanus Maria Spronk, 's Hertogenbosch († 2017)
• Gerarda Johanna Henriëtte Heller, Winschoten († 1961)
• Filip Meersseman, Roeselare († 2022)

• Aart van Dam (87), Holland, Michigan
• Annichje TIMMERMAN (66), Diever
• Anna Maria Huberta Voermans (76), Sevenum, Horst, Limburg, Niederlande
• Antonie Cornelis Bosdijk (82), Middelburg, Zeeland, NL
• Albert Georges Deckmijn (45), Antwerpen
• Annichje Timmerman (66), Diever
• Adrianus Jacobus STALLINGA (94), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jansen (71), Den Haag
• Arie Mak (59)
• Arend Strik (72), Meppel

• 1958 » Helen Fielding, English author and screenwriter
• 1958 » Tommy Cairo, American wrestler
• 1959 » Roger Goodell, American businessman
• 1960 » John Paul Jr., American race car driver
• 1960 » Prince Andrew, Duke of York
• 1961 » Ernie Gonzalez, American golfer
• 1961 » Justin Fashanu, English footballer († 1998)
• 1962 » Hana Mandlíková, Czech-Australian tennis player and coach
• 1963 » Jessica Tuck, American actress
• 1963 » Seal, English singer-songwriter

• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1953 » Richard Rushall, British businessman (b. 1864)
• 1957 » Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (b. 1871)
• 1959 » Willard Miller, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1877)
• 1962 » Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the Pap smear (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)
• 1970 » Ralph Edward Flanders, (b. 1890) US Senator from Vermont.
• 1972 » John Grierson, Scottish director and producer (b. 1898)
• 1972 » Lee Morgan, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1938)

• 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 11 » The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
• April 17 » Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.
• August 21 » American country music singer Patsy Cline returns to record producer Owen Bradley's studio in Nashville, Tennessee to record her vocals to Willie Nelson's "Crazy", which would become her signature song.
• September 10 » In the Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari, the deadliest accident in F1 history.
• October 29 » Syria exits from the United Arab Republic.
• December 17 » Niterói circus fire: Fire breaks out during a performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing more than 500.

The temperature on February 19, 1961 was between 3.4 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.