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• Margaretha Johanna Banning, Manly, New South Wales, Australië
• JACOBUS van den broek, driebergen-rijsenburg († 2000)
• Christopher Landon Clayson, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten († 1966)
• Kimberly A. Peddemors
• Annette Alice Koolhaas, Venhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Hendricus Johannes Wichman, Rotterdam († 1988)
• Christiaan Antony ("Ton") Stroink, Enschede
• Catharina Johanna Maria Raeijmaeckers, Venlo († 2006)
• Heleen Bleeker, Heerenveen († 2005)
• Arent Johannes van Holthe, Zetten,Gemeente Overbetuwe,Gelderland,Netherlands († 1962)

• Aalt Reezigt (44), 't Harde, Gld. Nederland
• Adriaantje Cornelia Keller (76), Rotterdam
• Adriana Verschoor (68), Apeldoorn
• Antje Zuidersma (54), Creil (Fl)
• Anne Ter Brugge (90), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida Kweldam (78), Zwaag, The Netherlands
• Anne ter Brugge (90), Coevorden
• Aaltje Aagje Stolk (58), Maasdam Z.H
• Afien Henderika Rensema (82), Groningen
• Adriaantje Kwakernaak (73), Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 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)

• 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 30 » K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.
• August 11 » The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
• September 1 » The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.
• October 1 » East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
• October 17 » Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters.

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.