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• levenloos MEEUWSEN, Leeuwarden, FR. NL († 1961)
• Johanna Elizabeth (Joanie) Regtvoort († 2012)
• Johanna Elisabeth Regtvoort, Renkum († 2012)
• Silvia van Sikkelerus († 2002)
• David Arnold Anema, Ogden, Weber County, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1961)
• Els Anthonia Maria Jochems, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Mark J McNichol, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Kevin Vance, Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• van den Pol, Putten († 1961)
• Donald A. Anema, Ogden, Weber County, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1961)

• Antonia Schuurbiers (80), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelius Josephus Smits (75), Tilburg
• Bouwina Lubbers (91), Groningen
• Aaltje van der Spoel (86), Zwartemeer, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Carolus SEGERS (72), Wezemaal,3111,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Cornelia van der Heijden (66), Eindhoven
• Arie Willem Blokland (63), Rotterdam
• Cornelia van Berkel (77), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barbara Vrijsen (64), Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annaïs* Van Biezen (76), Port-au-Prince (Haïti)

• 1958 » Kirk Pengilly, Australian guitarist, saxophonist, and songwriter
• 1958 » Vera Leth, Greenlandic Ombudsman
• 1959 » Victoria Abril, Spanish actress and singer
• 1960 » Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver († 1994)
• 1961 » Richard Garriott, English-American video game designer, created the Ultima series
• 1962 » Pam Shriver, American tennis player and sportscaster
• 1963 » Henri Leconte, French tennis player and sportscaster
• 1963 » José Oquendo, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
• 1963 » Laureano Márquez, Spanish-Venezuelan political scientist and journalist
• 1963 » Sonia Pierre, Hatian-Dominican human rights activist († 2011)

• 1949 » François Brandt, Dutch rower and engineer (b. 1874)
• 1963 » Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, New Zealand general and politician, 7th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1889)
• 1963 » Clyde Kennard, American activist and martyr (b. 1927)
• 1963 » Pingali Venkayya, Indian activist, designed the Flag of India (b. 1876)
• 1964 » Gaby Morlay, French actress and singer (b. 1893)
• 1969 » Henri Decoin, French director and screenwriter (b. 1890)
• 1970 » Barnett Newman, American painter and illustrator (b. 1905)
• 1970 » Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, American sailor and businessman (b. 1884)
• 1971 » August Derleth, American anthologist and author (b. 1909)
• 1971 » Thomas C. Hart, American admiral and politician (b. 1877)

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.
• February 16 » Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
• June 1 » The Canadian Bank of Commerce and Imperial Bank of Canada merge to form the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the largest bank merger in Canadian history.
• August 10 » Vietnam War: The U.S. Army begins Operation Ranch Hand, spraying an estimated 20million US gallons (76,000m) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of food and vegetation cover.
• September 18 » U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in an air crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• September 28 » A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
• December 17 » Niterói circus fire: Fire breaks out during a performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing more than 500.

The temperature on July 4, 1961 was between 10.3 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.