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• Cornelis Groen, Den Haag († 1961)
• Susan Jean Tucker, Salina, Saline County, Kansas († 1961)
• Karel Johannes Hendrik Kuip († 1984)
• Wiechert Gerrit Lassche, Kampen († 2015)
• Paul Crielaard, Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1961)
• Adriaan Johannes van Delft, Katwijk († 1961)
• Adriaan Johannes Delft, Katwijk († 1961)
• Lonneke Bachofner, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1982)
• Ludovicus Maria (Ludo) Cuijpers, Grashoek († 1978)
• Wiechert Gerrit Lassche, Kampen, Nederland († 2015)

• Barbara Franssen (70), Veldwezelt, Lanaken (B)
• Arie Matze
• Anna Helena Robben, Wielage (75), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertus Jans Huizinga (97), Ten Boer
• Allan Hinton Blacklidge (71), Mobile, Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Helena Robben (75), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bernardine Antoinette Fredericque Parmentier (85), Leiden
• Barend Helmig (82), Ransdorp
• Arnoldus Cornelis van Winden (69), Pijnacker
• Albertus HUIZINGA (97)

• 1960 » Aleksei Lotman, Estonian biologist and politician
• 1960 » John Flansburgh, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1960 » Keith Dowding, English political scientist, philosopher, and academic
• 1960 » Lyudmila Andonova, Bulgarian high jumper
• 1960 » Roma Downey, Irish-American actress and producer
• 1961 » Frans Timmermans, Dutch politician and diplomat, First Vice President of the European Commission
• 1961 » George Clooney, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 » Gina Riley, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 » Oleksandr Apaychev, Ukrainian decathlete and coach
• 1961 » Tom Hunter, Scottish businessman and philanthropist

• 1951 » Élie Cartan, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (b. 1870)
• 1959 » Maria Dulęba, Polish actress (b. 1881)
• 1959 » Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic (b. 1907)
• 1961 » Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1895)
• 1963 » Monty Woolley, American raconteur, actor, and director (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Ted Weems, American violinist, trombonist, and bandleader (b. 1901)
• 1963 » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1881)
• 1967 » Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator (b. 1885)
• 1970 » Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general (b. 1879)

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 17 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex" as well as the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending.
• February 13 » An allegedly 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, US, that appears to anachronistically encase a spark plug.
• May 25 » Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces, before a special joint session of the U.S. Congress, his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.
• September 16 » Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head.
• September 28 » A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
• November 21 » The "La Ronde" opens in Honolulu, first revolving restaurant in the United States.

The temperature on May 6, 1961 was between 10.0 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 0.3 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 southwest.