About the day » Tuesday September 5, 1961Calender converter

• Jolanda Schoormans, Goirle († 2008)
• Wim Hans († 2019)
• Eddy Notermans († 1979)
• Jean Pierre Consten, Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1982)
• Jos Janssen, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jennifer ROEST, Den Haag, ZH, Nederland († 1991)
• Cynthia Lynn Outerbridge, Lynwood, CA († 2002)
• Doodgeboren kind Pouwels, Venray († 1961)
• Linda Suzanna Kléberg, Vlaardingen († 1999)
• Adrianus Christianus Josephus Pelders, Drunen († 2007)

• Christina Antonia Elings (67), Randwijk (GL)
• Cornelius Wilhelmus Lambers (96), Assen
• Antonia Cornelia van de Ven (71), Eindhoven
• Antje de Wit (71), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alice Van Walleghem (57), Winnipeg, Manitoba (CAN)
• Anne Cornelis Plantinga (80), Dokkum, Dongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Olea Tollefsen (82), L'Anse, Baraga County, Michigan, United States
• Alegonda Engelina Lijten (67), Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland, NLD)
• Bartholomeus Hermanus Jacobus Bastiaans (58), zaandam
• Doodgeboren kind Pouwels (0), Venray

• 1958 » Lars Danielsson, Swedish bassist, composer, and producer
• 1959 » Frank Schirrmacher, German journalist and publisher († 2014)
• 1960 » Don Kulick, Swedish anthropologist and academic
• 1961 » Marc-André Hamelin, Canadian pianist and composer
• 1962 » John McGrath, Welsh businessman
• 1962 » Tracy Edwards, English sailor and coach
• 1963 » Jeff Brantley, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1963 » Juan Alderete, American bass player and songwriter
• 1963 » Taki Inoue, Japanese race car driver and manager
• 1963 » Terry Ellis, American R&B singer–songwriter and actress

• 1945 » Clem Hill, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1877)
• 1948 » Richard C. Tolman, American physicist and chemist (b. 1881)
• 1953 » Richard Walther Darré, Argentinian-German agronomist and politician (b. 1895)
• 1954 » Eugen Schiffer, German lawyer and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (b. 1860)
• 1955 » Haydn Bunton, Sr., Australian footballer and coach (b. 1911)
• 1965 » Thomas Johnston, Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Dezső Lauber, Hungarian golfer, tennis player, and architect (b. 1879)
• 1970 » Jochen Rindt, German-Austrian race car driver (b. 1942)
• 1972 » Alan Kippax, Australian cricketer and businessman (b. 1897)
• 1973 » Jack Fournier, American baseball player and coach (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. Yvonne
7. Catharina
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.
• April 16 » In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
• May 5 » Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight.
• May 30 » The long-time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
• August 25 » President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power, initiating a political crisis that culminates in a military coup in 1964.
• September 11 » Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.
• October 30 » The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive device ever detonated.

The temperature on September 5, 1961 was between 14.2 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.