About the day » Tuesday April 11, 1961Calender converter

• Dina Hendrika Broeze, IJpelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 2007)
• Bep Custers, Dieteren, Susteren, Limburg, Nederland († 2004)
• Engeliena Cornelia Willems, Scheveningen
• Maria Lemans († 1995)
• Jacqueline Elisabeth van Kesteren, Haarlem
• Joyce Tielenius Kruythoff, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Dam († 2004)
• jozef karel jacobus (jos) mestrom, helden-panningen
• Elisabeth Maria (Ilse) Pouwels, Herten, Nederland († 1962)
• Eleanor Faye Heeringa, Waupun, Dodge County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 2020)

• Clazina Van Nood (71), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berendjen Zuurveld (58), Harderwijk
• Constant Snoeck (81), Wannegem-Lede
• Adrianus van den Ende (82)
• Aafke (Effie) WIERSEMA (82), Clinton Clinton County Iowa U.S.A
• Adrianus van den Ende (82), 's-Gravenzande
• Anna Jacoba Oliekan (81), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Berendina VOS (75), Naarden Noord-Holland Netherlands
• Albertus Johannes Steggink (77), Almelo
• Arthur F Zoller (59)

• 1959 » Ana María Polo, Cuban-American lawyer and judge
• 1959 » Pierre Lacroix, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1959 » Zahid Maleque, Bangladeshi politician
• 1960 » Jeremy Clarkson, English journalist and television presenter
• 1961 » Doug Hopkins, American guitarist and songwriter († 1993)
• 1961 » Nobuaki Kakuda, Japanese martial artist
• 1961 » Vincent Gallo, American actor, director, producer, and musician
• 1962 » Franck Ducheix, French fencer
• 1962 » Mark Lawson, English journalist and author
• 1963 » Billy Bowden, New Zealand cricketer and umpire

• 1953 » Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
• 1954 » Paul Specht, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1895)
• 1958 » Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and educator (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Rosa Grünberg, Swedish actress (b. 1878)
• 1962 » George Poage, American hurdler and educator (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Ukichiro Nakaya, Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1900)
• 1967 » Donald Sangster, Jamaican lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1911)
• 1967 » Thomas Farrell, American general (b. 1891)
• 1970 » Cathy O'Donnell, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1970 » John O'Hara, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1905)

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. Yvonne
7. Catharina
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 20 » John F. Kennedy is inaugurated the 35th President of the United States of America, becoming the second youngest man to take the office, and the first Catholic.
• 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 16 » Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
• March 2 » John F. Kennedy announces the creation of the Peace Corps in a nationally televised broadcast.
• 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.
• October 27 » NASA tests the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.

The temperature on April 11, 1961 was between 4.3 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.