About the day » Tuesday May 2, 1961Calender converter
May 1, 1961Died on Tuesday May 2, 1961
- Christina Maria Hars (46), Assen
- Constant Kloos (50), Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
- Albert Mager (91), De Wijk,Drenthe,Niederlande
- Alida Vervaet (62), Kalken, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
- Aris Engel (60), Wieringen
- Berendina Maria Schippers (32), Enschede
- Annechiena van der Wijk (76), Wildervank
- Anne Jacobs van der Veen (73), Akkrum, Boornsterhem, Friesland, Nederland
- Anna Cornelia Backx (89), Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- aagje GROENEWEG (71), oud-beijerland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 2, 1961 at Delpher
- Friese koerier : onafhankelijk dagblad voor Friesland en aangrenzende gebieden
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
- Nieuw Guinea koerier : de groene : onafhankelijk dagblad voor Ned. Nieuw Guinea
- Gereformeerd gezinsblad / hoofdred. P. Jongeling
- Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad
- Nieuw Suriname : Surinaams nieuws- en advertentieblad
- De waarheid
- Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland
- De Telegraaf
- De Tijd De Maasbode
Born on May 2
- 1958 » Yasushi Akimoto, Japanese songwriter and producer
- 1959 » Alan Best, Canadian animator, director, and producer
- 1959 » Tony Wakeford, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1960 » Stephen Daldry, English director and producer
- 1961 » Phil Vickery, English chef and author
- 1961 » Sophie Thibault, Canadian journalist
- 1961 » Steve James, English snooker player
- 1962 » Elizabeth Berridge, American actress
- 1962 » Jimmy White, English snooker player
- 1962 » Michael Grandage, English director and producer
Died on May 2
- 1945 » Joe Corbett, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875)
- 1945 » Martin Bormann, German politician (b. 1900)
- 1947 » Dorothea Binz, German SS officer (b. 1920)
- 1953 » Wallace Bryant, American archer (b. 1863)
- 1957 » Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1908)
- 1963 » Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, peer, politician, poet, author and newspaper editor (b. 1884)
- 1964 » Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (b. 1879)
- 1969 » Franz von Papen, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879)
- 1972 » J. Edgar Hoover, American 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
- 1974 » James O. Richardson, American admiral (b. 1878)
Names that were popular for boys in 1961
- Johannes
- Jan
- Maria
- Cornelis
- Peter
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Petrus
- John
- Gerardus
- Wilhelmus
- Antonius
- Robert
- Jacobus
- Pieter
- Paul
Names that were popular for girls in 1961
- Maria
- Johanna
- Elisabeth
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Catharina
- Marie
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Ann
- Hendrika
- Margaretha
- Helena
- Yvonne
- Jacoba
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1961
- 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 3 » The SL-1 nuclear reactor is destroyed by a steam explosion in the only reactor incident in the United States to cause immediate fatalities.
- January 31 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: Ham the Chimp travels into outer space.
- March 9 » Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a dog and a human dummy, and demonstrating that the Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight.
- October 1 » The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.
- October 17 » Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters.
- October 29 » Syria exits from the United Arab Republic.
The weather on Tuesday May 2, 1961
The temperature on May 2, 1961 was between 10.0 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI