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• Marc DENDAS, Genk (Limburg) (B) († 1996)
• Leandra Vollenberg († 1969)
• Jetty Twigt
• Leandra Vollenberg- († 1969)
• Susan Raylene Dye († 1997)
• Randy Lee Riegger († 1961)
• Nico Koek, Mijdrecht († 2015)
• adriana henrica josephina maria (josé) martens, helden-beringe
• Barack H. (44th President f USA) Obama, Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
• Francoisia van der Linden, Helmond († 2016)

• Alberdina Maria Johanna Klazina Dompeling (70), Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Thomas Slater (82), Adelaide, Australia
• Aiko Kamphuis (71)
• Antje Carolina van den Toorn (73)
• Arie Kraaijeveld (64), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Adrianus Marinus Gottschall (61), Nieuw-Helvoet
• Adriaan Kommer (86), Koudekerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arendje Vooijs (59)
• Alma Elinda Maria Neovius (91), Pieksamäki
• Antonie van den Berg (80), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1959 » John Gormley, Irish politician, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government
• 1959 » Robbin Crosby, American guitarist and songwriter († 2002)
• 1960 » Bernard Rose, English director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
• 1960 » Chuck C. Lopez, American jockey
• 1960 » José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spanish academic and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Spain
• 1960 » Tim Winton, Australian author and playwright
• 1961 » Barack Obama, American lawyer and politician, 44th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1962 » Paul Reynolds, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 » Roger Clemens, American baseball player and actor
• 1963 » Keith Maurice Ellison, 30th Attorney General of Minnesota

• 1944 » Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Polish soldier and poet (b. 1921)
• 1957 » John Cain Sr., Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Washington Luís, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (b. 1869)
• 1958 » Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (b. 1883)
• 1959 » József Révai, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (b. 1926)
• 1967 » Peter Smith, English cricketer (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Enrique Angelelli, Argentinian bishop and martyr (b. 1923)
• 1976 » Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian-English publisher (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)

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. 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.
• June 16 » While on tour with the Kirov Ballet in Paris, Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union.
• 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.
• September 18 » CONCACAF is established as the governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.
• October 31 » In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from the Lenin's Mausoleum, also known as the Lenin Tomb.
• 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 19 » India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India.

The temperature on August 4, 1961 was between 13.1 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.