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• Véronique de Ghellinck d'Elseghem Vaernewyck, Etterbeek, 21005, Belgique († 1963)
• Arie Gerrit Hamelink († 1997)
• Bea Berends († 2007)
• Johanna Elisabeth Pas, Doetinchem († 2015)
• Hendrik Johanna Joseph Steinbusch, Heerlen († 1987)
• Margot Francesca Puhl, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Janneke Marina Bosman († 2001)
• Cornelis Gravekamp, Katwijk († 1995)
• Franciscus Jacobus Hendrikus Wilhelm, Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Angelina Dominica Maria GORDIJN, Leiden († 2001)

• Anna Geertruida Hempen (71), Emmen
• Albertus Franciscus Maria Rensing (65), Groenlo, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Bertus Wijnand Nicolaas (75), Leiden
• Albert Jan Bosch (52), Gramsbergen
• Arthur Joos (60), Houthulst
• Arij Stolk (84), Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Theodorus Schoon (72), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bartel Anthonij Post (71), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoon Petrus Willem ROOSEN (60), Lommel
• Achilles Leo Josephus VERHEECKE (80), Oostende, 8400, West-Vlaanderen, België

• 1960 » Annabella Sciorra, American actress
• 1960 » Barry Horowitz, American wrestler
• 1960 » Jan Berglin, Swedish cartoonist
• 1960 » Kelly Le Brock, English-American actress and model
• 1960 » Nena, German singer-songwriter and actress
• 1960 » Scott Pruett, American race car driver
• 1961 » Dean Jones, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1961 » Yanis Varoufakis, Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
• 1962 » Angèle Dubeau, Canadian violinist
• 1962 » Star Jones, African-American lawyer, journalist, and talk show host

• 1946 » Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (b. 1892)
• 1948 » Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish painter and illustrator (b. 1885)
• 1950 » James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Lorna Hodgkinson, Australian educator and educational psychologist (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Mary of Teck (b. 1867)
• 1962 » Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer (b. 1884)
• 1962 » Jean Goldkette, French-American pianist and bandleader (b. 1899)
• 1968 » Alice Guy-Blaché, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1873)
• 1971 » Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect, designed the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel and Aarhus City Hall (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Arthur Metcalfe, Australian public servant (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. 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.
• April 20 » Cold War: Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.
• May 21 » American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Malcolm Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out.
• June 19 » Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
• 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 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.
• October 30 » Due to "violations of Vladimir Lenin's precepts", it is decreed that Joseph Stalin's body be removed from its place of honour inside Lenin's tomb and buried near the Kremlin Wall with a plain granite marker.

The temperature on March 24, 1961 was between 4.1 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.