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• NN van der Tuin, Eenrum († 1961)
• Stillborn Child HERRINGS, Venlo (NL/LI) († 1961)
• Thomas Henry Boden, St. Louis, MO
• Ellen van der Gaag, Rotterdam († 2022)
• Marianne Mooijman, Montr√©al, Montr√©al, Quebec, Kanada († 2009)
• Karen Becker († 1978)
• doodgeboren zoon van der Meulen, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1961)
• Christine de Kam, wolphaartsdijk, Nederland († 2009)
• Marco Houtzager, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1981)
• Catharinus de Braal, Vijfhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)

• Cornelia Maria Pieterdr Kurpershoek (87), Badhoevedorp, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Christina Lena Hendrika de Ruiter (81), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• (2) Elizabeth Pronk (80), Spierdijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Elizabeth Johannesdr Pronk (80), Spierdijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia van Helden (75), dordrecht (zuid holland)
• Koldenhof (88), Apeldoorn
• Adrianus van Denderen (79), Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dirk de Boer (77), 's-Gravenhage
• Albertus Theodorus Vloedman (80), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Count Johann of Preysing zu Lichtenegg (84), Dillingen on the Donau

• 1958 » David Von Erich, American wrestler († 1984)
• 1958 » Tatsunori Hara, Japanese baseball player and coach
• 1960 » Jon Oliva, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1961 » Calvin Fish, English racing driver and sportscaster
• 1961 » Keith Sweat, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1962 » Alvin Robertson, American basketball player
• 1962 » Martine St. Clair, Canadian singer and actress
• 1963 » Emilio Butragueño, Spanish footballer
• 1963 » Emily Saliers, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1964 » Will Calhoun, American rock drummer

• 1940 » George Fuller, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Rūdolfs Jurciņš, Latvian basketball player (b. 1909)
• 1950 » William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
• 1958 » Mikhail Zoshchenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and author (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (b. 1878)
• 1968 » Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist and cartoonist (b. 1908)
• 1970 » George Johnston, Australian journalist and author (b. 1912)
• 1974 » Wayne Morse, American lawyer and politician (b. 1900)
• 1979 » J. V. Cain, American football player (b. 1951)
• 1979 » Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1929)

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 23 » The Portuguese luxury cruise ship Santa Maria is hijacked by opponents of the Estado Novo regime with the intention of waging war until dictator António de Oliveira Salazar is overthrown.
• February 27 » The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
• 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 25 » Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces, before a special joint session of the U.S. Congress, his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.
• June 16 » While on tour with the Kirov Ballet in Paris, Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union.
• October 30 » The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive device ever detonated.

The temperature on July 22, 1961 was between 12.5 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.