About the day » Monday April 17, 1961Calender converter

• Roger William Carlow, Lincoln, Penobscot, Maine, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Theo Huisman, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1983)
• Ellen Geerdine van der Hoef, Eindhoven († 2006)
• Michel SCHEUER († 2016)
• Dr. BROOK MATTHEW Bowhay, Alliance, Box Butte County, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Antonius Cornelis Marius (Bob) van Vianen, Amsterdam
• Martine De Strooper († 2008)
• Jochem (Jos) Huisman, Steenwijk († 2024)
• Ingrid Elaine Zylstra, Edmonton, Canada
• Samuel Lee Colbert († 1997)

• Alberta Jacobs Schraa (74), Zwartsluis
• Adriana Geene (54), 's Heer Arendskerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• August Jan Mouw (69), Amsterdam
• Albert Benes SMIT (64), Appingedam Groningen Netherlands
• Catharina Francisca Petronella Herour (74), Rotterdam
• Albert Smit (64), Appingedam
• Aafje Bruijn (37), Heerhugowaard
• Ankie de Vries (12), Alkmaar
• Bernardus Petrus de Bruijn (73), Utrecht
• Antonius Cornelis Lanslots (49), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg

• 1958 » Laslo Babits, Canadian javelin thrower († 2013)
• 1959 » Jimmy Mann, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1959 » Li Meisu, Chinese shot putter
• 1959 » Sean Bean, English actor
• 1960 » Vladimir Polyakov, Russian pole vaulter
• 1961 » Bella Freud, English fashion designer
• 1961 » Boomer Esiason, American football player and sportscaster
• 1961 » Frank J. Christensen, American labor union leader
• 1961 » Norman Cowans, Jamaican-English cricketer
• 1962 » Paul Nicholls, English jockey and trainer

• 1944 » J. T. Hearne, English cricketer and coach (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Juan Bautista Sacasa, Nicaraguan medical doctor, politician and 20th President of Nicaragua (b. 1874)
• 1948 » Suzuki Kantarō, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian lawyer and politician, Romanian Minister of Justice (b. 1900)
• 1960 » Eddie Cochran, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1938)
• 1961 » Elda Anderson, American physicist and health researcher (b. 1899)
• 1967 » Red Allen, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1908)
• 1975 » Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (b. 1888)
• 1976 » Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 1977 » William Conway, Irish cardinal (b. 1913)

• 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.
• March 29 » The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
• April 27 » Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister.
• May 16 » Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
• July 23 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.
• August 15 » Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
• December 19 » India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India.

The temperature on April 17, 1961 was between 8.2 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.