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• Diane Laenen, Turnhout (B), België († 2014)
• Catharina Gerarda Maria van den Boomen, Hapert († 2008)
• NN van Os, Venlo († 1961)
• Wil van de Pas, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren († 2001)
• Kind van der Horst, Standdaarbuiten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1961)
• Roosje Baum († 1963)
• Jozef Hubert van der Erf, Kerkrade († 1990)
• Nieboer, Veendam († 1961)
• Lionel MARCOUX, La Hestre, 52035, Hainaut, Belgique († 2009)
• Catharina Gerarda Maria van den Boomen, Hapert († 2008)

• Anna Maria van Es (76), Sittard, Sittard-Geleen
• Camille Lavoie (58), Rooth Station, N.-B
• Allard Gerrit Besier (67), Baarn
• Berend Boer (80), Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands
• Albertus Philippus Koomans (67)
• Augustinus Josephus Tielen (81), Zevenbergen
• Adriaan Graafeiland, van (86), Rotterdam Zhl. NL
• Arend Vos (80), De Groeve, Tynaarlo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje van den Herik (83), Sliedrecht
• Berend Ploeger (55), Stadskanaal

• 1959 » The Ultimate Warrior, American wrestler († 2014)
• 1960 » Peter Sterling, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1961 » Can Dündar, Turkish journalist and author
• 1961 » Margus Metstak, Estonian basketball player and coach
• 1961 » Robbie Kerr, Australian cricketer
• 1961 » Steve Larmer, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1962 » Anthony Wong, Hong Kong singer
• 1962 » Arnold Vosloo, South African-American actor
• 1962 » Wally Joyner, American baseball player and coach
• 1963 » The Sandman, American wrestler

• 1952 » Andrew Lawson, Scottish-American geologist and academic (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Margaret Bondfield, English politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (b. 1873)
• 1955 » Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter (b. 1864)
• 1958 » Imre Nagy, Hungarian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1895)
• 1958 » Pál Maléter, Hungarian general and politician, Minister of Defence of Hungary (b. 1917)
• 1959 » George Reeves, American actor and director (b. 1914)
• 1961 » Marcel Junod, Swiss physician and anesthesiologist (b. 1904)
• 1967 » Reginald Denny, English actor (b. 1891)
• 1969 » Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (b. 1891)
• 1970 » Sydney Chapman, English mathematician and geophysicist (b. 1888)

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 24 » Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.
• March 15 » At the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, South Africa announces that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth when the South African Constitution of 1961 comes into effect.
• March 30 » The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.
• April 23 » Algiers putsch by French generals.
• May 5 » Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight.
• July 4 » On its maiden voyage, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-19 suffers a complete loss of coolant to its reactor. The crew are able to effect repairs, but 22 of them die of radiation poisoning over the following two years.

The temperature on June 16, 1961 was between 8.3 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.