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• Charles P Todd ?**** († 2019)
• Gerardus van de Rijt
• Martin Johan de Bock, Den Helder († 2010)
• Antonius Johannes Franciscus Van den Broek, Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1961)
• Antonius Johannes Franciscus van den Broek, Breda († 1961)
• Johanna Maria Elisabeth Bakker, amsterdam, Nederland († 2023)
• Pamela Christine Thérèse Wolschrijn, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Richard John Wolf, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1982)
• Elisabeth Niesje van der Windt, Apeldoorn († 2018)

• Catharina Maria Grinwis (70), Hoofddorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bessie Wooten (57), Cabell, West Virginia, United States
• Albertje Boomgaarden (76), Hoogezand (Gem. Midden-Groningen)
• Barbertina Elisabeth Francina Koolhof (78), Hoenderlo
• Akke BAKKER (88), Sneek Friesland Netherlands
• Athol Robert SYMMONS (83), Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia
• Aaffina Lubberdina van Dijk (79), Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Aris Molenaar (61), Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel
• Bertus Redegeld (79), Leiden
• Adrianus Boslooper (36), Rotterdam Zhl. NL

• 1957 » Berry Sakharof, Turkish-Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1957 » Jonathan Dayton, American director and producer
• 1958 » Alexander Svinin, Russian figure skater and coach
• 1959 » Billy Campbell, American actor
• 1960 » Kevin A. Ford, American colonel and astronaut
• 1960 » Ralph Sampson, American basketball player and coach
• 1963 » Vonda Shepard, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1964 » Dominik Henzel, Czech-Swedish actor and comedian
• 1965 » Jeremy Kyle, English talk show host
• 1965 » Mo Collins, American actress, comedian and screenwriter

• 1950 » Fats Navarro, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1923)
• 1955 » Ali Naci Karacan, Turkish journalist and publisher (b. 1896)
• 1956 » Gottfried Benn, German author and poet (b. 1886)
• 1960 » Francis Browne, Irish priest and photographer (b. 1880)
• 1964 » Lillian Copeland, American discus thrower and shot putter (b. 1904)
• 1965 » Moshe Sharett, Ukrainian-Israeli lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Jo Schlesser, French race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1971 » Claude Gauvreau, Canadian poet and playwright (b. 1925)
• 1972 » Athenagoras I of Constantinople (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (b. 1895)

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 9 » British authorities announce they have uncovered the Soviet Portland Spy Ring in London.
• 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 16 » In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
• 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.
• September 20 » Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
• November 29 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission: Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.

The temperature on July 7, 1961 was between 8.1 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.