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• Saskia Horsten († 2020)
• Rineke (Rina) Buisman († 2018)
• Dion Jansen († 1966)
• Elisabeth Johanna Bavelaar, Delft († 1961)
• Annette Caroline van Loosen, Kaapstad (Zuid-Afrika)
• (.) Hoekstra († 1961)
• Deborah Lynn Greene, Phoenixville, Chester, Pennsylvania († 2007)
• Desire Verberkmoes († 1979)
• Monique LENSINK, Nijmegen († 1993)
• Jerry Lee Scotting, Murray County, Minnesota († 1981)

• Arie Cornelis van Ballegooijen (60), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Aurore Robillard-Lacroix (62), Port Colborne, Niagara, Ontario, Canada
• Adriana Maria Bouman (80), Rotterdam
• Aletta Maria Muller (86), Krugersdorp (Transv.)
• Charles Michael Van Der Riet (57), South Africa
• Amelia Erades (74), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Augustinus Antonius PARDOEN (65), Amsterdam, 4458, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Karstenberg (81), Emmen,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Akke Kuiper (88), Franeker
• Chiela Alida van der Hoog (74), Enschede

• 1959 » Ettore Messina, Italian basketball player and coach
• 1960 » Blanche Lincoln, American politician
• 1960 » Julia Adamson, Canadian-English keyboard player, composer, and producer
• 1960 » Miki Howard, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1960 » Nicola Griffith, English-American author
• 1961 » Eric Stoltz, American actor, director, and producer
• 1961 » Eric van de Poele, Belgian race car driver
• 1961 » Gary Coyne, Australian rugby league player
• 1961 » Mel Stride, English politician
• 1963 » David Barbe, American bass player and producer

• 1942 » Hans-Joachim Marseille, German captain and pilot (b. 1919)
• 1943 » Franz Oppenheimer, German-American sociologist and economist (b. 1864)
• 1946 » Takashi Sakai, Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1887)
• 1955 » James Dean, American actor (b. 1931)
• 1959 » Henry Barwell, Australian politician, 28th Premier of South Australia (b. 1877)
• 1961 » Onésime Gagnon, Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Peter Pitseolak, Canadian photographer and author (b. 1902)
• 1974 » Carlos Prats, Chilean general and politician, Chilean Minister of Defense (b. 1915)
• 1977 » Mary Ford, American singer and guitarist (b. 1924)
• 1978 » Edgar Bergen, American actor and ventriloquist (b. 1903)

• 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 3 » A protest by agricultural workers in Baixa de Cassanje, Portuguese Angola, turns into a revolt, opening the Angolan War of Independence, the first of the Portuguese Colonial Wars.
• March 14 » A USAF B-52 bomber crashes near near Yuba City, California whilst carrying nuclear weapons.
• April 27 » Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister.
• May 5 » Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight.
• 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).
• November 12 » Terry Jo Duperrault is the sole survivor of a series of brutal murders aboard the Ketch Bluebelle.

The temperature on September 30, 1961 was between 14.6 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.