About the day » Thursday April 27, 1961Calender converter

• Josefina Mechtilda Maria Halman, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, Netherlands († 2015)
• Roland Herman (Ronny) Pater, Hoogeveen,, Drenthe, Nederland († 2014)
• Michael Reiner Müller, Berlijn († 1972)
• Jozephina Mechtilda Maria Halman, Espel, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, Nederland († 2015)
• Willem Franciscus Hemelop, Rotterdam
• Dominicus Richardus Johannes Grootjen, Bemmel (Doornenburg) († 2021)
• Nicole Margaretha Geertruida Terwindt, Arnhem,Gemeente Arnhem,Gelderland,Netherlands († 1964)
• Nicolaas Johan Weismann, Culemborg, Gelderland, Netherlands († 2020)
• Magdalena Maria Hubertina Braun, Wittem, Limburg, Nederland († 2022)
• Nicolaas Johan Weismann, Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland

• Donald Westplate (33), Kenosha, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis van der Loo (74), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Petronella van der Laken (33), Alphen aan de Rijn
• Clara Hanna Janna Gragert (65), Jerome, Jerome, Idaho, Verenigde Staten
• Anne van der Helm (75), Steenwijk
• Adriana den Admirant (78), Rotterdam
• Boukje Hoekstra (80), Wijchen,GD, Nederland
• Adèle Magdeleine Sophie Baudry (72), Fl.ci josepli
• Cornelis Groenleer (88), Kortgene, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aloysius Johannes van der Graaf (73), Rietveld

• 1957 » Willie Upshaw, American baseball player and manager
• 1959 » Marco Pirroni, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1959 » Sheena Easton, Scottish-American singer-songwriter, actress, and producer
• 1960 » Mike Krushelnyski, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1961 » Andrew Schlafly, American lawyer and activist, founded Conservapedia
• 1962 » Ángel Comizzo, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1962 » Andrew Selous, English soldier and politician
• 1962 » Im Sang-soo, South Korean director and screenwriter
• 1962 » Seppo Räty, Finnish javelin thrower and coach
• 1963 » Russell T Davies, Welsh screenwriter and producer

• 1952 » Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and statistician (b. 1865)
• 1961 » Roy Del Ruth, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1962 » A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, Pakistani Minister of the Interior (b. 1873)
• 1965 » Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (b. 1908)
• 1967 » William Douglas Cook, New Zealand farmer, founded the Eastwoodhill Arboretum (b. 1884)
• 1969 » René Barrientos, Bolivian soldier, pilot, and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (b. 1919)
• 1970 » Arthur Shields, Irish rebel and actor (b. 1896)
• 1972 » Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian politician, 1st President of Ghana (b. 1909)
• 1973 » Carlos Menditeguy, Argentinian race car driver and polo player (b. 1914)
• 1977 » Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1915)

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. 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.
• January 25 » In Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
• April 8 » A large explosion on board the MVDara in the Persian Gulf kills 238.
• 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).
• June 16 » While on tour with the Kirov Ballet in Paris, Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union.
• December 9 » Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain.

The temperature on April 27, 1961 was between 8.9 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (22%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.