About the day » Wednesday March 1, 1961Calender converter

• Johannes Meindert Schermer, Wormerveer († 2016)
• Charlene Mary “Big Mama” Cesario, Troy, Albany, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Marie Nicoline Josephine Salden († 2021)
• Harrie Bruggeman, Luttenberg (Raalte) († 1972)
• Wilhelmus Andreas Johannes Frederix, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 1983)
• Karl Dale REIF, Eldred, Greene, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Jacoba Woutersdr van Groningen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1987)
• N.n. Kok
• Anette van Vliet, Leidschendam († 1998)
• jacobus wilhelmus joseph (jack) van horen, helden-beringe

• Adriana Maria Abbring (83), Groningen
• Aafke Deelstra (81), Roden
• * Teuntje Bohre (83), Sliedrecht
• Arie de Graaf (89), Rotterdam
• Arthur Vandunk (85), Hillburn, Rockland, New York, United States
• Aize Postma (38), Dronten
• Antonius Jacobus Bernard (73), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Bernardus La Maitre (70)
• Amy Louise MOORHOUSE (81), Walworth, Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States of America
• Alfred Eades (70), Woodville, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

• 1953 » Carlos Queiroz, Portuguese footballer and manager
• 1953 » Sinan Çetin, Turkish actor, director, and producer
• 1954 » Catherine Bach, American actress
• 1954 » Ron Howard, American actor, director, and producer
• 1956 » Dalia Grybauskaitė, Lithuanian politician, 6th President of Lithuania
• 1956 » Tim Daly, American actor, director, and producer
• 1958 » Nik Kershaw, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1959 » Nick Griffin, English politician
• 1961 » Mike Rozier, American football player
• 1966 » Zack Snyder, American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1942 » George S. Rentz, American commander (b. 1882)
• 1943 » Alexandre Yersin, Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863)
• 1952 » Mariano Azuela, Mexican physician and author (b. 1873)
• 1966 » Fritz Houtermans, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1903)
• 1974 » Bobby Timmons, American pianist and composer (b. 1935)
• 1976 » Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer (b. 1910)
• 1978 » Paul Scott, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
• 1979 » Mustafa Barzani, Iraqi-Kurdistan politician (b. 1903)
• 1980 » Dixie Dean, English footballer (b. 1907)
• 1980 » Wilhelmina Cooper, Dutch-American model and businesswoman, founded Wilhelmina Models (b. 1940)

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.
• February 15 » Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team along with several of their coaches and family members.
• February 27 » The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
• March 1 » Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections.
• March 14 » A USAF B-52 bomber crashes near near Yuba City, California whilst carrying nuclear weapons.
• March 24 » Quebec Board of the French Language is established.
• 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.

The temperature on March 1, 1961 was between 2.9 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.