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• martinus joseph maria (martien) verhaegh, helden-beringe
• Levenloos kind Meijerink, Hardenberg († 1961)
• François Henri Louis d'Orléans († 2017)
• Randall Kent Ehmen, Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa († 2019)
• François Henri Louis Marie d'Orléans, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France († 2017)
• Eduard Rudolf Fredriksz, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• François van Orléans, Boulogne-Billancourt, Frankrijk († 2017)
• Louis Bernard Joseph Straathof, Den Haag, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Patricia Egbertha Jans Jonker, Calgary Alberta Canada
• Valerie Ann Craft, Brewster, Okanogan, Washington, United States († 2018)

• Albertje Bies (87), Emmen
• Antonia Wilhelmina Hulsebosch (77), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius van Kessel (91), Sint-Michielsgestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries van der Waal (74), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries van Dixhoorn (83), Axel, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albert Koops (85), Schoonebeek, Nederland
• Antonie Cornelis Ratelband (91), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje Eelses Bies (87), Emmen
• Anthony Wilhelmus van Heusden (66), Zaandam,, Noord-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)

• 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 13 » An allegedly 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, US, that appears to anachronistically encase a spark plug.
• March 14 » A USAF B-52 bomber crashes near near Yuba City, California whilst carrying nuclear weapons.
• July 25 » Cold War: In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO.
• August 13 » Cold War: East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West, and construction of the Berlin Wall is started.
• 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.

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.