About the day » Thursday July 27, 1961Calender converter

• Mandy Jacobs
• Nan Pieter Lont, Wieringermeer († 1961)
• John Charles Rymarquis, Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Constant Marie Herman VANGENEUGDEN, Wiemesmeer (Limburg) (B) († 1961)
• Francine VANHAELEWIJN, Diksmuide († 2011)
• Diana van Rooij, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Dirk Sloterdijk, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands († 1998)
• Karl Frits de Jong († 2015)
• Barbara Fertsch († 2009)
• Cindy Lou Patterson, Austin, Travis Cnty, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2018)

• Christiaan Cornelis Hoefsmid (68), Breda, NB Netherlands
• Cornelis Johannes HOGERS (59), Amsterdam (Noord-Holland)
• Emma Elizabeth Fowler (86), Sapulpa, Creek, Oklahoma, U.S.A
• Cornelis Johannes van Heerden (80), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Westerbeek (63), Vledder
• Alexandra Comnene MICHOGLOU (81), Brussel, Brussel Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgique
• cornelis johannes van heerden (80), Haarlem, Nederland
• Arthur Florent Vanhecke (68), Roeselare (België)
• Fenneken Elfrink (79), Almelo
• Bessie Sarah Jane Binkley (78), Lewisville, Forsyth Co. North Carolina

• 1959 » Hugh Green, American football player
• 1959 » Joe DeSa, American baseball player († 1986)
• 1959 » Yiannos Papantoniou, French-Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of National Defence
• 1960 » Conway Savage, Australian singer-songwriter and keyboard player († 2018)
• 1960 » Emily Thornberry, English lawyer and politician
• 1960 » Jo Durie, English tennis player and sportscaster
• 1961 » Ed Orgeron, American football coach
• 1962 » Karl Mueller, American bass player († 2005)
• 1962 » Neil Brooks, Australian swimmer
• 1963 » Donnie Yen, Chinese-Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and martial artist

• 1958 » Claire Lee Chennault, American general and pilot (b. 1893)
• 1960 » Julie Vinter Hansen, Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic (b. 1890)
• 1962 » James H. Kindelberger, American pilot and businessman (b. 1895)
• 1962 » Richard Aldington, English poet and author (b. 1892)
• 1963 » Garrett Morgan, American inventor (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Hooks Dauss, American baseball player (b. 1889)
• 1964 » Winifred Lenihan, American actress, writer, and director (b. 1898)
• 1965 » Daniel-Rops, French historian and author (b. 1901)
• 1968 » Babe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1970 » António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese economist and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1889)

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 12 » The Soviet Union launches Venera 1 towards Venus.
• March 9 » Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a dog and a human dummy, and demonstrating that the Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight.
• April 30 » K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.
• July 4 » On its maiden voyage, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-19 suffers a complete loss of coolant to its reactor. The crew are able to effect repairs, but 22 of them die of radiation poisoning over the following two years.
• August 21 » Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit (in America), "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes.
• September 11 » Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.

The temperature on July 27, 1961 was between 12.1 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.