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• Sidney William Johnson, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1987)
• THEO MOESBERGEN, Maarn († 1974)
• Odrada Catharina Helena Halsema, Den Haag († 2000)
• Johannes Slootweg, Pijnacker
• Jacobus Johannes Hendricus Maria Clemens, Breda
• Johanna Helena Petra Scholtes, Monster († 2005)
• Michael Marsh, Chattanooga, Tennessee († 2006)
• Joris Antoon Vandierendonck, Torhout, Torhout, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Ramon Arno Singeling, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jeanne van Tiggelen, Emmeloord († 2001)

• Berendje Klomp (55), Zuidwolde
• Adriana Schell (89), 's Gravenhage
• Elisabeth Karen Petersen (82), De gamles hjem Lendemark, Stege landsogn, Præstø a
• Berend Frederik ten Cate (87), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Grimberg (84), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Koolhaas (82), Utrecht
• Cornelia Kreukniet (74), Goudriaan, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis de Haan (70), Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Alfred Trevethan Littleton (88), Crows Nest, Queensland, Australia
• Elisabeth Martha Amandina BUYENS (68), Bornem,2880,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE

• 1959 » Richie Sambora, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1959 » Suzanne Vega, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1960 » Caroline Quentin, English actress
• 1960 » David Baerwald, American singer-songwriter, composer, and musician
• 1961 » Antony Jenkins, English banker and businessman
• 1962 » Fumiya Fujii, Japanese music artist
• 1962 » Gaétan Duchesne, Canadian ice hockey player († 2007)
• 1962 » Pauline McLynn, Irish actress and author
• 1963 » Al MacInnis, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1963 » Dean Richards, English rugby player and coach

• 1937 » George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (b. 1898)
• 1959 » Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (b. 1913)
• 1967 » Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1917)
• 1971 » John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (b. 1910)
• 1971 » Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1940)
• 1974 » Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1976 » León de Greiff, Colombian poet and educator (b. 1895)
• 1979 » Claude Wagner, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1925)
• 1983 » Ross Macdonald, American-Canadian author (b. 1915)

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.
• May 4 » American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.
• June 16 » While on tour with the Kirov Ballet in Paris, Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union.
• June 19 » Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
• August 11 » The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
• November 12 » Terry Jo Duperrault is the sole survivor of a series of brutal murders aboard the Ketch Bluebelle.
• December 31 » RTÉ, Ireland's state broadcaster, launches its first national television service.

The temperature on July 11, 1961 was between 12.7 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.