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• Richard Lance Velleman († 1995)
• Gebina Hoen, Wedde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1984)
• Peels, Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland († 1961)
• Cornelis Albertus Jozef Bakker, Den Hoorn (Texel, NH) († 2009)
• Grietje Merigje Rietveld († 2020)
• Cornelis Albertus Jozef Bakker, "Amalia" Texel († 2009)
• Peter Robert Hoogzaad, (Australië) († 1961)
• Jan Smith, Pattie
• Christel Ann-Charlotte Isaksson, Landskrona (M) († 2008)
• Christianus Maria Opdam, Leiden († 1984)

• Adriana Langereis (71), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Hubertus Wolters (87), Breda
• Anna Petronella STAPPERS (84), 's-Gravenhage
• Adrianus Johannes Riool (65), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Clyde Ellington Morris [KB Bu] (57), Atlanta, Georgia
• Clara Derksina Sibers (82), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Clasina Wilhelmina Spijkermans (75), Roermond
• Adrienne Verplancke (59), Torhout, Belgium
• Arie Krom (80), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Arnoldus van Zijl (52), Amsterdam

• 1958 » Caroline Spelman, English politician, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• 1958 » Delbert Fowler, American football player
• 1958 » Jane Kennedy, English politician
• 1958 » Keith Haring, American painter († 1990)
• 1959 » Bob Tway, American golfer
• 1959 » Randy Travis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1959 » Valdemaras Chomičius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
• 1960 » Werner Faymann, Austrian politician, 28th Chancellor of Austria
• 1961 » Jay Aston, English singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1964 » Silvia Costa, Cuban high jumper

• 1945 » Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (b. 1880)
• 1953 » Alexandre Pharamond, French rugby player (b. 1876)
• 1955 » George Enescu, Romanian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1881)
• 1964 » Karl Robert Pusta, Estonian politician, 4th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Osbert Sitwell, English-Italian author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Jane Bowles, American author and playwright (b. 1917)
• 1975 » Moe Howard, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Frank Strahan, Australian public servant (b. 1886)
• 1980 » Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)

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.
• January 23 » The Portuguese luxury cruise ship Santa Maria is hijacked by opponents of the Estado Novo regime with the intention of waging war until dictator António de Oliveira Salazar is overthrown.
• April 9 » The Pacific Electric Railway in Los Angeles, once the largest electric railway in the world, ends operations.
• April 20 » Cold War: Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.
• June 4 » Cold War: In the Vienna summit, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin.
• 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 11 » Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.

The temperature on May 4, 1961 was between 9.0 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.