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• Hermanus Antonius Hemel, Klazienaveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1961)
• Jan Cornelis (Jan Kees) RIJKAART, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Johanna G.M. Winder, Bergen († 2021)
• Daniel Joe Kooima, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2020)
• Carla Beth Vermeer, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 1961)
• Bart van Boven, Wilrijk († 2021)
• Henriëtte Lubertha Nijhuis, Putten († 2020)
• Johanna Liduina Gerarda Maria Peters, Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Walter Voet, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Belgium († 2004)
• walter voet, borgerhout († 2004)

• Anton Hendrik Beekhuizen (35), Amsterdam
• Adriana Johanna Ramsteijn (63), Waalwijk
• Albertus Hasselaar (72), Deventer
• ? Waasdorp (0), Leiden
• Anna Josepha Maria Theodora Cuijpers (87), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Jacob de Borst (55), Rotterdam
• CAMILIUS VAN DEN BRANDEN (78), CLINGE,ZEELAND,NEDERLAND
• Blanche Bigelow Baker (90), Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA
• Anna Josepha Theodora Maria Cuypers (87), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Josepha Maria Theodora Cuypers (87), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1958 » Mark Moses, American actor
• 1958 » Sammy Kershaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 » Beth Broderick, American actress and director
• 1959 » Mike Whitney, Australian cricketer and television host
• 1963 » Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1963 » Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
• 1963 » Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Gujarati family, most versatile filmmaker of Hindi cinema.
• 1964 » Russell Ingall, British-Australian race car driver and sportscaster
• 1965 » Jane Swift, American businesswoman and politician, Governor of Massachusetts
• 1965 » Paul Gruber, American football player

• 1953 » Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
• 1953 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Mir Osman Ali Khan, Last Nizam of Hyderabad State (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1895)
• 1975 » Hans Bellmer, German artist (b. 1902)
• 1975 » Nikolai Bulganin, Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Alma Thomas, American painter and educator (b.1891)
• 1982 » Virginia Bruce, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1986 » Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian Bharatnatyam dancer (b. 1904)

• 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 17 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex" as well as the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending.
• February 27 » The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
• March 30 » The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.
• August 15 » Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
• September 20 » Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
• October 17 » Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters.

The temperature on February 24, 1961 was between 3.0 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.