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• Nicole, Maria De Prest, Deinze († 2009)
• Gail Lorraine Altena, Sioux Center Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Ad van der Kallen, Sint-Oedenrode († 2014)
• Bartus uit de Bosch, Harderwijk († 1993)
• Johannes Richardus Schothorst, Baarn († 1969)
• Edite Hülse, Presidente Getúlio, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1981)
• Jacob Davelaar, Elspeet (Ermelo) († 1994)
• David Nagy († 1972)
• James Darwin Hartgrave, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 1996)
• Gail Lorraine Altena, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, VS († 2006)

• Barend van de Bor (62), Utrecht
• Anna Maria Wenmakers (86), Berg aan de Maas (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Carolus Jozef Koopmanschap (15), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Belle Cotton (88), Sioux Falls SD
• Adriana Willemina Moermans (74), Bilthoven
• Catherine Detweiler Allebach (111), Rockhill Township, Bucks County, PA
• Antonia Catharina Akkermans (82), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bastiaan van Elderen (76), Ripon, California, Verenigde Staten
• Aloijsia Maria Jongen (82), Tilburg
• Ada Elizabeth Drake (88), Romford, Essex. England

• 1959 » Greg Dyer, Australian cricketer
• 1959 » Michael J. Bloomfield, American astronaut
• 1959 » Sebastian Currier, American composer and educator
• 1960 » Duane Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 » Jenny Eclair, English comedian, actress and screenwriter
• 1960 » John Hemming, English businessman and politician
• 1961 » Brett Kenny, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1961 » Todd McFarlane, Canadian author, illustrator, and businessman, founded McFarlane Toys
• 1962 » Franck Fréon, French race car driver
• 1962 » Liliane Gaschet, French athlete

• 1955 » Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1914)
• 1957 » Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Leon Cadore, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1961 » Chen Geng, Chinese general and politician (b. 1903)
• 1961 » Václav Talich, Czech violinist and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1963 » Laura Adams Armer, American author and photographer (b. 1874)
• 1965 » Alice Herz, German activist (b. 1882)
• 1967 » Thomas MacGreevy, Irish poet (b. 1893)
• 1968 » Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and translator (b. 1907)
• 1968 » Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian-American pianist and composer (b. 1895)

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 1 » United States President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.
• June 1 » The Canadian Bank of Commerce and Imperial Bank of Canada merge to form the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the largest bank merger in Canadian history.
• June 19 » Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
• August 25 » President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power, initiating a political crisis that culminates in a military coup in 1964.
• 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 March 16, 1961 was between 1.7 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (80%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.