About the day » Thursday June 1, 1961Calender converter

• Erik De Block († 2010)
• Nardy KETELAAR († 2022)
• Monique Martinus Apolonia Rottier, Sint-Niklaas (B)
• Joris Gabriël Eduard Marie De Bie, Ekeren, Antwerpen († 1961)
• Martin van Rijswijk, Waalwijk († 1961)
• Yvonne Fredriksz, Long Beach, California, Verenigde Staten
• Friedrich Philipp Carl Franz Maria van Württemberg, Friedrichshafen († 2018)
• Geeske (Margé) Bosma
• Virgien Steerneman, Didam, Gelderland, Nederland († 2021)
• Franciscus Sporen, Bergeijk

• Cornelis Karel de Valk (80), Middelburg
• "Jeanne" Albertine Marie Le Marois (90), Paris
• Alberdina van Oost (81), Winschoten
• Diena Brouwer (80), Breda
• Arend Jacobsz van DuiJn (47), Noordwijk
• Bruno Antonius Josephus Meussen (56), Essen (D)
• Ale Sipkes de Boer (63), Sloten, Gem. Sloten, Friesland, Nederland
• Alberdina van Oost (81)
• Annie Mary McVeigh (69)
• Alberdina van Oost (81)

• 1960 » Giorgos Lillikas, Cypriot politician, 8th Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1960 » Lucy McBath, American politician
• 1960 » Sergey Kuznetsov, Russian footballer and manager
• 1960 » Simon Gallup, English musician (The Cure)
• 1960 » Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player and coach († 2012)
• 1961 » John Huston, American golfer
• 1961 » Mark Curry, American actor
• 1961 » Paul Coffey, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1961 » Peter Machajdík, Slovakian-German pianist and composer
• 1961 » Werner Günthör, Swiss shot putter and bobsledder

• 1953 » Emanuel Vidović, Croatian painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish-German journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1960 » Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Paula Hitler, German-Austrian sister of Adolf Hitler (b. 1896)
• 1962 » Adolf Eichmann, a German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer (b. 1906)
• 1963 » Walter Lee, Australian politician, 24th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1874)
• 1965 » Curly Lambeau, American football player and coach, founded the Green Bay Packers (b. 1898)
• 1966 » Papa Jack Laine, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1873)
• 1968 » André Laurendeau, Canadian playwright, journalist, and politician (b. 1912)
• 1968 » Helen Keller, American author and activist (b. 1880)

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. 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.
• 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.
• February 3 » The United States Air Forces begins Operation Looking Glass, and over the next 30 years, a "Doomsday Plane" is always in the air, with the capability of taking direct control of the United States' bombers and missiles in the event of the destruction of the SAC's command post.
• May 19 » At Silchar Railway Station, Assam, 11 Bengalis die when police open fire on protesters demanding state recognition of Bengali language in the Bengali Language Movement.
• May 24 » American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus.
• June 19 » Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
• October 29 » Syria exits from the United Arab Republic.

The temperature on June 1, 1961 was between 10.1 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.