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• Valerie Ann Craft, Brewster, Okanogan, Washington, United States († 2018)
• Randall Kent Ehmen, Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa († 2019)
• Eduard Rudolf Fredriksz, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Patricia Egbertha Jans Jonker, Calgary Alberta Canada
• martinus joseph maria (martien) verhaegh, helden-beringe
• Luc Louis Carlo Ivan CORTHOUTS, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 2004)
• François Henri Louis Marie d'Orléans, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France († 2017)
• Gene Brian Remmers, Bandung († 2021)
• Richard Lambertus Willemse, Oamaru, Nieuw Zeeland († 2001)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1961)

• Aafke (Effie, Eiffie) Tamminga (86), Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Maria van Paassen (71), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthony Wilhelmus van Heusden (66), Zaandam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan Jacobs (83), Wilbertoord, Nbr.NL
• Bernardus Mook (83), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Catharina Maria (tante Toos) van Paassen (71), St Jozefhuis Poeldijk, Nederland
• Bertus Kronshorst (58), Delft
• Anna Maria Homan (91), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Maria van Paassen (71), St Jozefhuis, Poeldijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernadete Thiesen (2), Santo Amaro da Imperatriz, Santa Catarina, Brasil

• 1958 » Giuseppe Baresi, Italian footballer and manager
• 1958 » Matt Ridley, English journalist, author, and politician
• 1958 » Terry Marsh, English boxer and politician
• 1959 » Mick McCarthy, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
• 1960 » James Spader, American actor and producer
• 1960 » Robert Smigel, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 » David Bryan, American keyboard player and songwriter
• 1962 » Eddie Izzard, English comedian, actor, and producer
• 1962 » Garth Brooks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1963 » Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, American Naval officer and astronaut

• 1944 » Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano and actress (b. 1874)
• 1959 » Daniel François Malan, South African minister and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1874)
• 1959 » Guitar Slim, American singer and guitarist (b. 1926)
• 1959 » Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1960 » Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager (b. 1902)
• 1964 » Sofoklis Venizelos, Greek captain and politician, 133rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Nick Adams, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 1972 » Walter Lang, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1979 » Josef Mengele, German SS officer and physician (b. 1911)

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. Karin
9. Jacqueline
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 9 » British authorities announce they have uncovered the Soviet Portland Spy Ring in London.
• 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.
• April 12 » Cold War: Space Race: The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first manned orbital flight, Vostok 1.
• May 28 » Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International.
• August 11 » The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
• September 16 » Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head.

The temperature on February 7, 1961 was between 5.1 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.