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• Hendrikus Johannes Maria Langenberg, Halsteren († 1961)
• Reinald Kelder († 1972)
• Infant girl Mathews <K |||>, Alabama op († 1961)
• Reinald Kelder, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1972)
• Luc Jean Leon Vos, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, België († 1963)
• Catharina Maria (Toos) Bras († 2006)
• Annelies Riethorst-van den Berg
• Hannie Rovers, Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1989)
• Johannes Hubertus Alberts, Venlo († 1961)
• Jan Gerard Kooiman, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Anna Maria Josephina de Poorter (90), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Beitske Waltje (72), Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Baart KOK (51), Zaandam, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Bakker (55), rotterdam
• Anna van Winkoop (75), Putten
• Aafke Abrahams van der Duin (78), Hoensbroek
• "Karl" Maria Joseph Friedrich Thomas von Nostitz-Rieneck (60), Schruns, Autriche
• Anna Zonneveld (80), Castricum
• Arend Nipperus (52), Wildervank (Groningen)
• Anna Maria Akker, van den (92), Amersfoort

• 1959 » Mark Ella, Australian rugby player
• 1960 » Boris Dugan, Estonian footballer and coach
• 1960 » Claire Fox, English author and academic
• 1961 » Aldo Costa, Italian engineer
• 1961 » Anke Behmer, German heptathlete
• 1961 » Anthony Burger, American singer and pianist († 2006)
• 1961 » Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress († 1999)
• 1961 » Ramesh Krishnan, Indian tennis player and coach
• 1962 » Jeff Garlin, American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter
• 1962 » Tõnis Lukas, Estonian historian and politician, 34th Estonian Minister of Education

• 1930 » Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete (b. 1880)
• 1930 » Pascin, Bulgarian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1885)
• 1934 » Emily Dobson, Australian philanthropist (b. 1842)
• 1934 » William Holman, English-Australian politician, 19th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish-American actor and director (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Arthur Biram, Israeli philologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1878)
• 1967 » Harry Brown, Australian public servant (b. 1878)
• 1993 » Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1933)
• 1996 » Acharya Kuber Nath Rai, Indian poet and scholar (b. 1933)
• 1997 » J. Anthony Lukas, American journalist and author (b. 1933)

• 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 8 » In France a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria.
• February 13 » An allegedly 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, US, that appears to anachronistically encase a spark plug.
• April 23 » Algiers putsch by French generals.
• June 19 » Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
• July 25 » Cold War: In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO.
• September 18 » CONCACAF is established as the governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.

The temperature on June 5, 1961 was between 10.3 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.