About the day » Wednesday July 26, 1961Calender converter

• Cinde Sarah FREIL, Huntsville, AL
• Ary de Waardt († 2012)
• paulus gerardus johannes marie (paul) maassen, helden-dorp
• Nieboer, Groningen († 1961)
• Patricia Ann Todd († 1961)
• leonora martina johanna (lea) gommans, helden-beringe
• Jacob Anton Erik van Keulen, den Helder († 2002)
• Hermina Laura Petronella Joppe, Rotterdam († 2009)
• Leendert Zeeman († 2021)
• Bron Darren Bull, Kingsville,Texas († 1961)

• Gutter (74), Alkmaar, Nederland
• Binne Kunnen (9), Drachten
• Anne Ypes Poortinga (84), Lollum
• Adrianus Boers (19), Delft
• Antonius Franciscus Hubertus Tielen (65), Venlo,, Limburg, Nederland
• Arie van Leijenhorst (68), Breda
• Anna Maria van der Jagt (78)
• Arend STEMPHER (89), Kampen
• Bron Darren Bull (0), Kingsville,Texas
• cornelis johannes van heerden (80), haarlem

• 1958 » Angela Hewitt, Canadian-English pianist
• 1958 » Monti Davis, American basketball player († 2013)
• 1959 » Kevin Spacey, American actor and director
• 1959 » Rick Bragg, American author and journalist
• 1961 » Andy Connell, English keyboard player and songwriter
• 1961 » Felix Dexter, Caribbean-English comedian and actor († 2013)
• 1961 » Gary Cherone, American singer-songwriter
• 1963 » Jeff Stoughton, Canadian curler
• 1964 » Ralf Metzenmacher, German painter and designer
• 1964 » Sandra Bullock, American actress and producer

• 1942 » Roberto Arlt, Argentinian author and playwright (b. 1900)
• 1951 » James Mitchell, Australian politician, 13th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
• 1952 » Eva Perón, Argentinian politician, 25th First Lady of Argentina (b. 1919)
• 1953 » Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician, 135th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883)
• 1957 » Carlos Castillo Armas, Authoritarian ruler of Guatemala (1954-1957)
• 1960 » Cedric Gibbons, British art director and production designer (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English race car driver and politician (b. 1884)
• 1968 » Cemal Tollu, Turkish lieutenant and painter (b. 1899)
• 1970 » Robert Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 11th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Diane Arbus, American photographer and academic (b. 1923)

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. Jacqueline
9. Karin
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 27 » The Soviet submarine S-80 sinks when its snorkel malfunctions, flooding the boat.
• January 31 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: Ham the Chimp travels into outer space.
• 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.
• April 11 » The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
• May 14 » Civil rights movement: A white mob twice attacks a Freedom Riders bus near Anniston, Alabama, before fire-bombing the bus and attacking the civil rights protesters who flee the burning vehicle.
• May 19 » Venera program: Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data).

The temperature on July 26, 1961 was between 13.6 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.