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• Astrid Kochx, Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Brian Michael Hoff
• Danny Barendrecht, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland († 2004)

• Catharina Pieternella van Staden (71), Leiden
• Cornelis Hubertus Wijnands (72), Roermond, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana van Beele
• Elizabeth Anna Sturm (89), Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Catharina Rooijackers (78), Weert
• Arie van Dijk (68), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Elly(Petronella Yfke Aria) Tjalsma (21), Goririchem
• Elisabeth Leers (71)
• Caroline Johanna Henriette van Styrum (86), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Jager (84)

• 1979 » Kareem McKenzie, American football player
• 1979 » Tracy McGrady, American basketball player
• 1980 » Anthony Minichiello, Australian rugby league player
• 1980 » Jason Babin, American football player
• 1981 » Andy Lee, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1982 » Issah Gabriel Ahmed, Ghanaian footballer
• 1982 » Rian Wallace, American football player
• 1983 » Custódio Castro, Portuguese footballer
• 1983 » Pedram Javaheri, Iranian-American meteorologist and journalist
• 1983 » Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean model and actress († 2009)

• 1974 » Duke Ellington, American pianist and composer (b. 1899)
• 1976 » Denise Pelletier, Canadian actress (b. 1923)
• 1979 » Ernest Bullock, English organist, composer, and educator (b. 1890)
• 1981 » Herbert Müller, Swiss race car driver (b. 1940)
• 1984 » Vince McMahon Sr., American wrestling promoter and businessman, founded WWE (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Freddie Frith, English motorcycle road racer (b. 1909)
• 1990 » Arthur Villeneuve, Canadian painter (b. 1910)
• 1991 » Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
• 1992 » Hitoshi Ogawa, Japanese race car driver (b. 1956)
• 1995 » Harold Wilson, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Peter
5. Johannes
6. Michael
7. Maarten
8. Hendrik
9. Robert
10. Sander
11. David
12. Dennis
13. Willem
14. Pieter
15. Patrick
16. Paul

1. Maria
2. Linda
3. Kim
4. Esther
5. Marieke
6. Johanna
7. Anna
8. Jessica
9. Wendy
10. Jennifer
11. Suzanne
12. Judith
13. Sarah
14. Sandra
15. Laura
16. Elisabeth

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
• January 28 » Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.
• March 27 » The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.
• April 12 » The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission.
• July 29 » A worldwide television audience of over 700million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
• September 1 » A coup d'état in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko.
• December 31 » A coup d'état in Ghana removes President Hilla Limann's PNP government and replaces it with the Provisional National Defence Council led by Flight lieutenant Jerry Rawlings.

The temperature on May 24, 1981 was between 8.3 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 7.7 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.