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• Gerritdina Hendrika Margaretha Klappe, Ens († 2003)
• Willem Arnold Brakelé, Den Helder († 1962)
• Alida Anthonia de Fluiter, Baarn († 2010)
• Carine Everaert, Bosvoorde
• Wicher ter Braak († 2005)
• Rob Kleerebezem († 2002)
• Ella de Brabander, Nederland († 2006)
• Petronella Geertruida Maria de Brabander, De Lier, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Peter Martinus Baasten, Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2003)
• Marie Louise de Jonge († 2018)

• Anna J. Wierschke (81), Green Bay, Wisconsin
• Adrianus Jacobs (65), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Auke Groenhof (77), Veenwouden, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Carrie Mae Boyd (77)
• Anna Rentenaar (71)
• Antonia Gijsberta (76), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Nap (74), Finsterwolde
• Bavius Klazes Bakker (65), Hijlaard, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Carrie Mae Boyd Ferguson [AWd Bd] (76)
• Amy Ada JAMES (85), Blakehurst Convalesent Home, Blakehurst, New South Wales, Australia

• 1959 » Daniel Kash, Canadian actor and director
• 1959 » Paul Madden, English diplomat, British High Commissioner to Australia
• 1959 » Tony Phillips, American baseball player († 2016)
• 1960 » Bruce Redman, Australian director, producer, and critic
• 1960 » Paul Baloff, American singer († 2002)
• 1960 » Robert Peston, English journalist
• 1961 » Dinesh D'Souza, Indian-American journalist and author
• 1961 » Miran Tepeš, Slovenian ski jumper
• 1962 » Foeke Booy, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1963 » Joy Covey, American businesswoman († 2013)

• 1944 » George Herriman, American cartoonist (b. 1880)
• 1945 » Huldreich Georg Früh, Swiss composer (b. 1903)
• 1961 » Robert Garrett, American discus thrower and shot putter (b. 1875)
• 1970 » Anita Louise, American actress (b. 1915)
• 1972 » George Sanders, English actor (b. 1906)
• 1973 » Olga Grey, Hungarian-American actress (b. 1896)
• 1974 » Gustavo R. Vincenti, Maltese architect and developer (b. 1888)
• 1975 » Mike Brant, Israeli singer and songwriter (b.1947)
• 1976 » Carol Reed, English director and producer (b. 1906)
• 1976 » Markus Reiner, Israeli engineer and educator (b. 1886)

• 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 27 » Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister.
• May 5 » Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight.
• August 15 » Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
• September 18 » U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in an air crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• September 20 » Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
• November 29 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission: Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.

The temperature on April 25, 1961 was between 3.3 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.