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• Frauke Mohring
• Afra Catharina Maria (Afra) Appelman, Hem,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Carl SEGERS, Turnhout,2300,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1997)
• Rose Ann, Indiana († 1987)
• Margaret "Peggy" EBARD, Sulpher, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Jan de Waard († 2004)
• Agnes Vanaeken, Sint-Truiden, België († 2000)
• Carl G. Alvey, Seymour, Jackson County, Indiana († 1994)
• Carin Bos, Koningslust, Peel en Maas, Limburg, Netherlands († 2002)

• Cornelis (Botes) Wester (82), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexandrina Maria Swalef (78)
• Anthonie Edelenbosch (81), Rotterdam
• Adriana van Kruijningen (91), Schiedam, 3111, Nederland
• Anthonie Edelenbosch (81), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cecil Stouwie (59), Pella, Marion County, Iowa, VS
• Sietse Hofma (76), South Dacota U.S.A
• Alexander Paulus Demey (64), Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Christina Maria Pruijn (69), Angeren
• Catharina van Ringelesteijn (71), (GL) Ede

• 1959 » Armin Kogler, Austrian ski jumper
• 1959 » Kevin Harrington, Australian actor
• 1960 » Damon Wayans, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 » Kim Thayil, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1960 » Shailesh Vara, Ugandan-English lawyer and politician
• 1961 » Lars Jönsson, Swedish film producer
• 1961 » Nick Blinko, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 » Kiran More, Indian cricketer
• 1962 » Shinya Yamanaka, Japanese physician and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1962 » Ulla Tørnæs, Danish politician, Danish Minister of Education

• 1944 » Erich Fellgiebel, German general (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French politician, 130th Prime Minister of France (b. 1886)
• 1965 » Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician, theologian, and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1974 » Charles Arnison, English airman (b. 1893)
• 1974 » Creighton Abrams, American general (b. 1914)
• 1974 » Lewi Pethrus, Swedish minister and hymn-writer (b. 1884)
• 1974 » Marcel Achard, French playwright and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1977 » E. F. Schumacher, German-English economist and statistician (b. 1911)
• 1977 » Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Stelios Perpiniadis, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1899)

• 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 8 » In France a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria.
• March 1 » United States President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.
• March 14 » A USAF B-52 bomber crashes near near Yuba City, California whilst carrying nuclear weapons.
• May 1 » The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.
• September 20 » Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
• November 29 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission: Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.

The temperature on September 4, 1961 was between 15.6 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (30%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.