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• Arlene Marsha Feikema, Canada († 1964)
• Antonius M. M. Lormans, Geertruidenberg († 1961)
• John Defaux, IJzeren,, Limburg, Nederland († 2000)
• Antonius Adrianus Maria Manders, Uden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2010)
• Barend Willigenburg, Ederveen († 1983)
• Helen C Sally **** († 2016)
• leonardus wilhelmus joseph (lei) raijmakers, helden-panningen
• Constance Hostetler († 1990)
• NN Godschalk, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1961)
• Didier Marcel CLEYS, Wattrelos, 59650, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France († 1962)

• Carl Rudolph Albert Iden (89), Breda
• Betie Harper (83), Marion, Marion, Ohio, United States
• Antoon Adriaan van Koll (79), Boxtel
• Bertus van Steeg (84), Ermelo
• ARENDJE MARIA SPITTER (89), ROTTERDAM
• Andreas Martinus Antonius (Dries) THIJSSEN (53), Haps
• Augusta Vlaeminck (77), Blankenberge, West Vlaanderen, Belgie
• arie van der VELDEN (82), hekelingen
• Carl Rudolph Albert Iden (89), Breda, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Antoon BROEKERS (85), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1959 » Unity Dow, Botswanan judge, author, and rights activist
• 1960 » Barry Douglas, Irish pianist and conductor
• 1960 » Claude Julien, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 » Léo Jaime, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1960 » Steve Clark, English guitarist and songwriter († 1991)
• 1960 » Valerie Bertinelli, American actress
• 1961 » George Lopez, American comedian, actor, and talk show host
• 1961 » Pierluigi Martini, Italian race car driver
• 1962 » John Hannah, Scottish actor and producer
• 1962 » Shaun Spiers, English businessman and politician

• 1951 » Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Bak Jungyang, Korean politician
• 1965 » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)
• 1966 » George Ohsawa, Japanese founder of the Macrobiotic diet (b. 1893)
• 1981 » Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
• 1984 » Red Garland, American pianist (b. 1923)
• 1985 » Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (b. 1916)
• 1985 » Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1896)

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.
• 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.
• April 23 » Algiers putsch by French generals.
• August 10 » Vietnam War: The U.S. Army begins Operation Ranch Hand, spraying an estimated 20million US gallons (76,000m) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of food and vegetation cover.
• October 17 » Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters.
• November 11 » Thirteen Italian Air Force servicemen, deployed to the Congo as a part of the UN peacekeeping force, are massacred by a mob in Kindu.
• December 31 » RTÉ, Ireland's state broadcaster, launches its first national television service.

The temperature on April 23, 1961 was between 5.2 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.