About the day » Wednesday September 13, 1961Calender converter

• Charles Milton Ludwig, Monroe County, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1995)
• Stefaan Vervenne, Roeselare († 1963)
• Jacob Willem Melissen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2012)
• Hedwig Louisa Lucia Brugmans († 1991)
• Jürgen Hulzebosch, Echteler
• Robertus Mattheus Johanus Vrinten, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2018)
• Jan Willem van Someren († 1980)
• N.N. Jenniskens († 1961)
• Stefaan Vervenne, Roeselare († 1963)
• Marcus Loos, Welberg

• Anna Geertruida Spiering (63), Rotterdam
• Amelia Louisa Dellaert (71), IJzendijke
• Annigje Fokkes van der Veen (74), Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Theodora Berkemeijer (61), Leeuwarden, Fr, Nederland
• Arthur Bunke (77), SPOKANE Spokane
• Cornelia Justina Meeder (66), Hendrik Ido Ambacht
• Cornelis van Ham (85), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• David Bowes Lyon (59), Birkhall, England
• Carolina Christina Smeding (76), Enschede
• Cornelis van Ham (85), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands

• 1959 » Tatyana Mitkova, Russian journalist
• 1960 » Kevin Carter, South African photojournalist († 1994)
• 1961 » Dave Mustaine, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1961 » KK Null, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 » Peter Roskam, American lawyer and politician
• 1962 » Neal Lancaster, American golfer
• 1962 » Tõnu Õnnepalu, Estonian author
• 1963 » Antony Galione, Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Oxford
• 1963 » Theodoros Roussopoulos, Greek journalist and politician
• 1963 » Yuri Alexandrov, Russian boxer († 2013)

• 1949 » August Krogh, Danish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1953 » Mary Brewster Hazelton, American painter (b. 1868)
• 1960 » Leó Weiner, Hungarian composer and educator (b. 1885)
• 1967 » Leonard Lord, English businessman (b. 1896)
• 1967 » Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, Yemeni-Saudi Arabian businessman, founded Saudi Binladin Group (b. 1903)
• 1967 » Robert George, English air marshal and politician, 24th Governor of South Australia (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Lin Biao, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1907)
• 1973 » Betty Field, American actress (b. 1913)
• 1973 » Sajjad Zaheer, Indian poet and philosopher (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer, Indian singer and musicologist (b. 1897)

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 26 » John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be the first woman Physician to the President.
• February 4 » The Angolan War of Independence and the greater Portuguese Colonial War begin.
• May 24 » American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus.
• July 23 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.
• September 10 » In the Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari, the deadliest accident in F1 history.
• November 18 » United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.

The temperature on September 13, 1961 was between 11.8 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.