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• Arent Johannes van Holthe, Zetten,Gemeente Overbetuwe,Gelderland,Netherlands († 1962)
• Christiaan Antony ("Ton") Stroink, Enschede
• Henricus Marinus Josephus Westelaken, Berlicum († 1961)
• leonardus marie franciscus (leo) leenders, helden-panningen
• Wim Groenendijk
• Nicolaas Gerardus de Leede, Schiedam († 2021)
• Margaretha Johanna Banning, Manly, New South Wales, Australië
• JACOBUS van den broek, driebergen-rijsenburg († 2000)
• Heleen Bleeker, Heerenveen († 2005)
• Christopher Landon Clayson, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten († 1966)

• Adriaantje Kwakernaak (73), Bodegraven
• Adriana Verschoor (68), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie Bos (71), Rotterdam
• Albert KOK (70), Zaandam
• Andreas Strand Strompedal (97), Lindsetmoen, Namsskogan
• Anna Spaander (54), Zaandam
• Afien Henderika Rensema (82), Groningen
• Adriana Verschoor (68), Apeldoorn
• Afien Hendrika Rensema (82), Groningen
• Aaltje Aagje Stolk (58), Maasdam

• 1958 » Gaétan Boucher, Canadian speed skater
• 1958 » Rick Santorum, American lawyer and politician, United States Senator from Pennsylvania
• 1959 » Cindy Hyde-Smith, American politician, United States Senator from Mississippi, Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce
• 1959 » Danny Schayes, American basketball player
• 1959 » Victoria Rowell, American actress
• 1960 » Bono, Irish singer-songwriter, musician and activist
• 1960 » Dean Heller, American lawyer and politician, United States Senator from Nevada, Secretary of State of Nevada
• 1960 » Merlene Ottey, Jamaican-Slovenian runner
• 1963 » Debbie Wiseman, English composer and conductor
• 1963 » Lisa Nowak, American commander and astronaut

• 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (b. 1929)
• 1974 » Hal Mohr, American director and cinematographer (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)
• 1982 » Peter Weiss, German playwright and painter (b. 1916)

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. Yvonne
7. Catharina
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.
• April 8 » A large explosion on board the MVDara in the Persian Gulf kills 238.
• May 16 » Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
• May 28 » Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International.
• August 11 » The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
• August 15 » Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
• December 2 » In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.

The temperature on May 10, 1961 was between 7.6 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.