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• N.N. Paaij, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1961)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1961)
• Erik Luiten, 's-Gravenhage († 2012)
• Albertus Bolks († 1991)
• Ary van der Hoog († 1999)
• Elisabeth Aldagonda (Betsie) Vergoossen, Echt (Pey) († 2015)
• N.N. Fermont, Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands († 1961)
• harrie hermans, maasbree († 1969)
• Magdalena Elisabeth Monaten, Rotterdam
• Allen David Marschall, Kaitaia, New Zealand († 2006)

• Anna Brouwer (58), Foxwolde (Fokswolde) Noordenveld, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje Brokstra (89), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna van Maastrigt (79), Fijnaart, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• David Pieter Cornelis Reefman (80), Almelo
• Anna Kuiper (62)
• Derk Willemsen (57)
• Christoffel Pieters van der Woude (65), Oudebildtzijl, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Thomas (57), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes van de Pavert (65), Rotterdam
• Caroline Joséphine d'Ancona (76), Huizen, NH, Nederland

• 1957 » Al Hunter Ashton, English actor and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1959 » Mark McKinney, Canadian actor and screenwriter
• 1960 » Mark Durkan, Irish politician
• 1961 » Greg LeMond, American cyclist
• 1961 » Terri Nunn, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1962 » Jerome Kersey, American basketball player and coach († 2015)
• 1963 » Mark McClellan, American economist and politician
• 1963 » Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian-Swiss businessman and philanthropist
• 1963 » Harriet Wheeler of The Sundays, English singer-songwriter
• 1964 » Tommi Mäkinen, Finnish race car driver

• 1949 » Kim Koo, South Korean educator and politician, 13th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (b. 1876)
• 1955 » Engelbert Zaschka, German engineer (b. 1895)
• 1956 » Clifford Brown, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1930)
• 1956 » Richie Powell, American pianist (b. 1931)
• 1957 » Alfred Döblin, Polish-German physician and author (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Malcolm Lowry, English novelist and poet (b. 1909)
• 1958 » Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician and scholar (b. 1888)
• 1958 » George Orton, Canadian runner and hurdler (b. 1873)
• 1964 » Léo Dandurand, American-Canadian businessman (b. 1889)
• 1967 » Françoise Dorléac, French actress and singer (b. 1942)

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. Yvonne
7. Catharina
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.
• February 13 » An allegedly 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, US, that appears to anachronistically encase a spark plug.
• May 28 » Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International.
• September 12 » The African and Malagasy Union is founded.
• September 16 » Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head.
• October 20 » The Soviet Union performs the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf-class submarine.
• December 19 » India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India.

The temperature on June 26, 1961 was between 12.1 °C and 25.3 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.