About the day » Wednesday August 2, 1961Calender converter

• Teuny Snijder, Urk (FL) Nederland
• Jan Logtenberg, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 2016)
• Darrel Edward Montavan, DeKalb († 1961)
• Cornelis Johannes Prins, IJmuiden († 2017)
• Benardus Johannes Cornelius van Bijsterveldt, Chaam († 1988)
• Cornelis Johannes Els († 1981)
• Jo Pirard, Sint-Truiden, België († 2013)
• Wiebe Spinder, Harkema, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 2014)
• Bernardus J.C. van Bijsterveldt, Chaam († 1988)
• Jentje Kleine, Hoogeveen († 1965)

• Clara Adriana van Lent (74), Maren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries de Jong- (68), Midlum, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Augusta de Vries (73)
• Andries (Ouders:Andries De Jong, Tekela Anna De Jong (geboren Berndes)) De Jong (68), Midlum, Nederland
• Carolina Hendrika Hoogesteger (73), Middelburg
• Alida Dekker (81), De Bilt
• Arend Absen (65), Eerbeek,GLD, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Vaessen (60), Weert
• Bennie Krebbers (16), Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Chana Levada Lyon (83)

• 1959 » Apollonia Kotero, American singer and actress
• 1959 » Johnny Kemp, Bahamian singer-songwriter and producer († 2015)
• 1959 » Victoria Jackson, American actress and singer
• 1960 » David Yow, American singer-songwriter
• 1960 » Linda Fratianne, American figure skater
• 1960 » Neal Morse, American singer and keyboard player
• 1961 » Pete de Freitas, Trinidadian-British drummer and producer († 1989)
• 1962 » Lee Mavers, English singer, songwriter and guitarist
• 1963 » Laura Bennett, American architect and fashion designer
• 1963 » Uğur Tütüneker, Turkish footballer and manager

• 1955 » Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Wallace Stevens, American poet and educator (b. 1879)
• 1963 » Oliver La Farge, American anthropologist and author (b. 1901)
• 1967 » Walter Terence Stace, English-American epistemologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Angus MacFarlane-Grieve, English academic, mathematician, rower, and soldier (b. 1891)
• 1972 » Brian Cole, American bass player (b. 1942)
• 1972 » Helen Hoyt, American poet and author (b. 1887)
• 1972 » Paul Goodman, American psychotherapist and author (b. 1911)
• 1973 » Jean-Pierre Melville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
• 1974 » Douglas Hawkes, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1893)

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.
• February 15 » Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team along with several of their coaches and family members.
• April 27 » Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister.
• 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.
• August 25 » President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power, initiating a political crisis that culminates in a military coup in 1964.
• October 1 » East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
• November 18 » United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.

The temperature on August 2, 1961 was between 12.8 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (16%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.