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• Luc Van Nueten, Herentals († 1991)
• Peter Kenneth Miller, Malad, Idaho, Verenigde Staten († 1994)
• andrea elisabeth maria (annelies) zegers, helden-grashoek
• Sander Pekela, Amsterdam († 2007)
• Todd Matthew d' Hulst, Ogden, Weber, Utah, V.S († 1994)
• Susanna Adriana (Suus) van Zeijl, Monster, Nederland († 2006)
• Maria CLAESSEN, St. Jansziekenhuis, Weg naar AS,Genk,Limburg,Belgie († 1998)
• Kent Michael Wielhouwer, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United StatesGrand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States († 1961)
• Karin Eleonora Berkhouwer († 1999)
• Jan Joosse, Middelburg, Zeeland, NL († 1982)

• Bernardus Gerhardus Hendrikus Toebes (58), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aparecida Maria de Jesus Felisbino (65), Jau, São Paulo, Brasil
• Antje Gladpootjes (74), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus de Vries (85), Kootstertille, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Cleveland Boies WARD (68), Cheyenne, Laramie County, WY
• Bernardus Gerardus Hendrikus TOEBES (58), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Apolonia Johanna Maria Reichert (65), Voorburg
• Clasina Adriana Sonneveld (75), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Arnoldus Alles de Vries (85), Kootstertille, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Dorothea Brinker (65), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1959 » Albert Owen, Welsh sailor and politician
• 1959 » Florent Vollant, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1959 » Mark Price, English drummer
• 1959 » Rosanna Arquette, American actress, director, and producer
• 1960 » Annely Ojastu, Estonian sprinter and long jumper
• 1960 » Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor and producer
• 1960 » Kenny Perry, American golfer
• 1961 » Jon Farriss, Australian drummer, songwriter, and producer
• 1962 » Julia Fordham, English singer-songwriter
• 1962 » Suzanne Collins, American author and screenwriter

• 1948 » Andrew Brown, Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1870)
• 1948 » Kan'ichi Asakawa, Japanese-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1873)
• 1949 » Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist (b. 1892)
• 1954 » Robert Adair, American-born British actor (b. 1900)
• 1958 » Frank Demaree, American baseball player and manager (b. 1910)
• 1960 » Hamide Ayşe Sultan, Ottoman princess (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Julia Peterkin, American author (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Ernst Wetter, Swiss lawyer and jurist (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Estes Kefauver, American lawyer and politician (b. 1903)
• 1969 » János Kodolányi, Hungarian author (b. 1899)

• 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 27 » The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
• May 9 » FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow gives his Wasteland Speech.
• May 28 » Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International.
• June 19 » Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
• September 12 » The African and Malagasy Union is founded.
• September 16 » Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head.

The temperature on August 10, 1961 was between 10.1 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.