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• Cornelis Johannes Paulus van Erp, Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1971)
• Theodora Maria Hoogenbosch († 2017)
• Maarten Jan Thierens, te 's-Gravenhage († 1997)
• Petra Duijf, Venray († 1988)
• Vickie Sue Schipper, Charles City, Floyd, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Derk (Dirk) Mulder, Musselkanaal, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Dien Gerrits, Zwolle († 1995)
• Henraat, Heeze
• Helmoed Edwin Dijkhuis, Stedum, Groningen, Nederland († 1995)
• Baudouin OLDENHOVE de GUERTECHIN († 1961)

• Anna van Wilgenburg (76)
• Albert Stockton (58), Cherokee County, Kansas, United States of America
• Akke Kleefstra (80), Enschede
• August Joannes Wilhelmus Borghmans (70), Arnhem
• Alte Schokker (56), Meppel
• Adriana de Groot (88)
• Armand Iwan Joseph del MARMOL (89), Pepinster,Province de Lige,Walloon Region,Belgi
• Abel Petrus Harmannus Borghuis (83), Alteveer
• Berendina Gerharda Maria SCHAAPVELD (80), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jacob van Rijn (87), Katwijk aan Zee

• 1958 » Hal Sutton, American golfer
• 1960 » Elena Kagan, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• 1960 » Ian Rankin, Scottish author
• 1960 » Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strongman and weightlifter († 1993)
• 1960 » Phil King, English bass player
• 1960 » Tom Browning, American baseball player
• 1960 » Walter Zenga, Italian footballer and manager
• 1963 » Lloyd Eisler, Canadian figure skater and coach
• 1963 » Marc Lacroix, Belgian biochemist and academic
• 1963 » Sandrine Dumas, French actress, director, and screenwriter

• 1945 » Roberto Farinacci, Italian soldier and politician (b. 1892)
• 1946 » Louis Bachelier, French mathematician and academic (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Léon Jouhaux, French union leader, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
• 1956 » Fred Marriott, American race car driver (b. 1872)
• 1957 » Heinrich Bär, German colonel and pilot (b. 1913)
• 1962 » Bennie Osler, South African rugby player (b. 1901)
• 1963 » Wilhelm Weber, German gymnast (b. 1880)
• 1970 » Ed Begley, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1973 » Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (b. 1893)
• 1976 » Richard Hughes, American author and poet (b. 1900)

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.
• March 14 » A USAF B-52 bomber crashes near near Yuba City, California whilst carrying nuclear weapons.
• May 24 » American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus.
• July 20 » French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte.
• September 10 » In the Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari, the deadliest accident in F1 history.
• October 1 » East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
• December 9 » Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain.

The temperature on April 28, 1961 was between 8.8 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 12.7 mm of rain during 8.9 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (20%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??.