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• Harry VRANKEN, Leuven Vlaams Brabant († 1961)
• Robert (Robbie) Benjamins, Amsterdam († 1980)
• N.N. van der Ende, de Lier
• David Lee Dykstra, Los Angeles, Cal., United States († 2006)
• Adriaan Albert Haak († 2012)
• Eric Heuveling
• Luis Fernando Paz Concha, Popayán,Cauca,Colombia († 2013)
• François BALEDENT, Amiens, 80021, Somme, Picardie, France († 2010)
• Inge Klijnhout († 2004)
• Darlene Bertha Sharon King, Newfoundland, CANADA († 2006)

• Augustine Thérèse THIRY (50), Waudrez,7131,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Adriaan August ELBURG (73), Doetinchem (NL)
• Cecelia Anna Hickey (77), Wilkinsburg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Aalt van Voorst (48), Utrecht
• Baron Georges Jean of Bodmann (85), St. Jean-le-Blanc
• Elizabeth Sarah ATKINSON (86), Altona, Victoria, Australia
• Cornelis Snoeren (54), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hindrik Tepper (86), Kolham
• Anna Dekkers (87)
• Cornelis Hoekstra (55), Tzummarum, Friesland, Nederland

• 1959 » Alison Ramsay, English-Scottish field hockey player and lawyer
• 1960 » Pierre Littbarski, German footballer and manager
• 1960 » Rafael Benítez, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1960 » Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician († 2007)
• 1961 » Jarbom Gamlin, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh († 2014)
• 1961 » Linda Ruth Williams, British film studies academic
• 1962 » Anna Dello Russo, Italian journalist
• 1962 » Douglas Elmendorf, American economist and politician
• 1962 » Ian MacKaye, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1963 » Saleem Malik, Pakistani cricketer

• 1955 » David Kirkwood, Scottish engineer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1958 » Rosalind Franklin, English biophysicist and academic (b. 1920)
• 1960 » Mihály Fekete, Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director (b. 1884)
• 1961 » Carl Hovland, American psychologist and academic (b. 1912)
• 1965 » Francis Balfour, English soldier and colonial administrator (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Sydney Chaplin, English actor, comedian, brother of Charlie Chaplin (b. 1885)
• 1966 » Eric Lambert, Australian author (b. 1918)
• 1968 » Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1885)
• 1968 » Fay Bainter, American actress (b. 1893)
• 1969 » Hem Vejakorn, Thai illustrator and painter (b. 1904)

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.
• May 9 » FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow gives his Wasteland Speech.
• May 19 » Venera program: Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data).
• May 31 » In Moscow City Court, the Rokotov–Faibishenko show trial begins, despite the Khrushchev Thaw to reverse Stalinist elements in Soviet society.
• August 11 » The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
• 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.
• October 20 » The Soviet Union performs the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf-class submarine.

The temperature on April 16, 1961 was between 8.5 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 7.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.