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• Malouke van Mierlo, Tilburg NB Netherlands († 2010)
• Frans Manuputty, Steenwijk († 2020)
• Marc Vanhoeck, Bornem († 2013)
• Anita Astrid Carolina van der Wilde, Leiden († 1961)
• Doodgeboren kind van den Meijdenberg, Moergestel († 1961)
• Harry Verbeke, Haarlem, Noord Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Lisa Ann Self, Alameda County, California († 2001)
• Marja Dienjes, Tilburg († 1997)
• Norman Leigh Irwin, Catskill, Greene County, New York († 1968)
• Leslie Marie Yates, Jefferson, Kentucky († 2015)

• Anna Maria van den Boogaert (82), Nederweert, Nederland
• David van der Pol (68), leeuwarden
• Antonia Westerlaken (78), Rijswijk
• Calvin Mayo McKeown "Dom" (64), Lancaster County, South Carolina
• Arthur Charles Welham (86), Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England
• Bouwe Jacobs Faber (77)
• Antonius Arnoldus Hubertus Hermans (74), Maastricht
• Antonia Riksen (84)
• Alma W. Rosenwinkel (57), O'Hare Airport
• Doodgeboren kind van den Meijdenberg (0), Moergestel

• 1960 » Alan Krueger, American economist and academic
• 1960 » Damon Hill, English racing driver and guitarist
• 1960 » John Bottomley, Canadian singer-songwriter († 2011)
• 1960 » John Franco, American baseball player
• 1961 » Giorgos Koumoutsakos, Greek politician
• 1961 » Jim Cornette, American wrestling manager and sportscaster
• 1961 » Ty Tabor, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (King's X)
• 1962 » Baz Luhrmann, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 » Dustin Nguyen, Vietnamese-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 » Hesham Qandil, Egyptian engineer and politician, 51st Prime Minister of Egypt

• 1948 » Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Jimmy Yancey, American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1953 » David Munson, American runner (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Hans Feige, German general (Wehrmacht) (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Adnan Menderes, Turkish lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1899)
• 1965 » Alejandro Casona, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor and actor (b. 1930)
• 1971 » Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain (b. 1937)
• 1972 » Akim Tamiroff, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1973 » Hugo Winterhalter, American bandleader and composer (b. 1909)

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.
• March 2 » John F. Kennedy announces the creation of the Peace Corps in a nationally televised broadcast.
• May 30 » The long-time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
• June 4 » Cold War: In the Vienna summit, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin.
• July 12 » Indian city Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams, killing at least two thousand people.
• August 1 » U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.
• August 21 » American country music singer Patsy Cline returns to record producer Owen Bradley's studio in Nashville, Tennessee to record her vocals to Willie Nelson's "Crazy", which would become her signature song.

The temperature on September 17, 1961 was between 12.3 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.