About the day » Saturday August 26, 1961Calender converter

• Adrianus Antonius Lambertus Maria Henkelman, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2020)
• Ina Heerkes († 2012)
• Belinda Suzette Todd ****, Sacramento, California, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Rudi Jozef Van Duffel, Lommel († 2009)
• Mariella Verkroost († 2005)
• Mariëlle Verkroost, Rotterdam († 2005)
• Arsène Francot, Geleen († 2020)
• Wilhelmus C. C. Linders, Wanssum, Limburg, Nederland († 2003)
• Pamela Lynn Scholl († 1962)
• Girl GRIFFITHS, Longford, Tasmania, Australia († 1961)

• Christiaan de Vries (56), Diemen
• Alphonsus Beuls (57), Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Arie Stolk (81), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alvena L. Jaeger (85), Scott, Minnesota
• Catharina Jacoba Tonkes (82), Gieten (gem. Aa en Hunze)
• Ate van der Meer (73), Bolsward
• "Roberte" Marie Sabine d'Hugleville (73), Hugleville-en-Caux, Seine-Maritime, France
• Charles Betts Simpson [sAs] (61)
• ALOISIUS JOSEPHUS VAN DEN BRANDEN (71), BELSELE,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• ALPHONSUS LUDOVICUS SPAENHOVEN (64), SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE

• 1959 » Oliver Colvile, English lawyer and politician
• 1959 » Stan Van Gundy, American basketball player and coach
• 1960 » Branford Marsalis, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
• 1960 » Ola Ray, American model and actress
• 1961 » Daniel Lévi, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1961 » Jeff Parrett, American baseball player
• 1962 » Roger Kingdom, American hurdler
• 1963 » David Byas, English cricketer and umpire
• 1963 » Patrice Oppliger, American author, critic, and academic
• 1963 » Stephen J. Dubner, American journalist and author

• 1945 » Franz Werfel, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist (b. 1881)
• 1958 » Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator (b. 1872)
• 1966 » W. W. E. Ross, Canadian geophysicist and poet (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Kay Francis, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1972 » Francis Chichester, English pilot and sailor (b. 1901)
• 1974 » Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1975 » Olaf Holtedahl, Norwegian geologist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1976 » Lotte Lehmann, German-American soprano (b. 1888)

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.
• January 23 » The Portuguese luxury cruise ship Santa Maria is hijacked by opponents of the Estado Novo regime with the intention of waging war until dictator António de Oliveira Salazar is overthrown.
• March 24 » Quebec Board of the French Language is established.
• July 4 » On its maiden voyage, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-19 suffers a complete loss of coolant to its reactor. The crew are able to effect repairs, but 22 of them die of radiation poisoning over the following two years.
• July 21 » Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission: Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).
• October 17 » Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters.
• October 30 » The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive device ever detonated.

The temperature on August 26, 1961 was between 15.3 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.