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• Johanna Elizabeth (Joanie) Regtvoort († 2012)
• van den Pol, Putten († 1961)
• Cara Gay Todd, Coshocton, Coshocton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Kathy Ann Foreman, Groves, Jefferson, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Donald A. Anema, Ogden, Weber County, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1961)
• Mark J McNichol, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Wim van den Hurk, Horssen
• Silvia van Sikkelerus († 2002)
• José Roberio da Silva, Guararapes, São Paulo, Brasil († 2013)
• Johanna Elisabeth Regtvoort, Renkum († 2012)

• Bouwina Lubbers (91), Groningen
• Carl Hubert Molendyk (7), Bellflower Caifornia, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelius Josephus Smits (75), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Carrie Henry (86), Monaca, Beaver, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje (Jan Posthuma) van der Spoel (86), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Spoel (86), Zwartemeer, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelius Josephus Smits (75), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alice Louise SMITH (72), Pirton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
• Antonia Cornelia Koot (65), Venray
• Anna Paulina Theresia Diks (71), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 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)

• 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.
• July 19 » Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.
• September 10 » In the Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari, the deadliest accident in F1 history.
• November 11 » Thirteen Italian Air Force servicemen, deployed to the Congo as a part of the UN peacekeeping force, are massacred by a mob in Kindu.
• December 2 » In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
• December 31 » RTÉ, Ireland's state broadcaster, launches its first national television service.

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.