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• Lisabet Jantina Hoving, Emmen († 2024)
• Yvonne Berdina Susanna Busscher († 1964)
• Astrid Spithoven († 2005)
• Brian Gerard Buescher, Fort Wayne,Allen County,Ind,United States († 1983)
• Michelle Rutten, Nijmegen († 2023)
• Merideth Joan McField, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands († 2024)
• Hans Herman Brusse, Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands († 2007)
• Jeanette (Jannette Gerarda Geertruida) Martens, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jacobus Adrianus Hendrikus van Leeuwen, Den Haag († 2017)
• Henk Plat († 2025)

• Beverly Kay Balster (12)
• Berend Bousema (61), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antoinetta Maria Grijseels (87), maastricht
• Barbara Elizabeth (Bessie) Jenkins (78), Roosevelt, Duchesne, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Antonetta Wilhelmina Jacobs (65), Zevenaar
• "Alphonse" François Ernest Ferrand (93), Paris
• Alphonse Cornelis van der Endt (75), 's Gravenhage
• Anna Bertha PLESTERS (60), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
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• Albertje Pit (70), Wapse

• 1959 » Andy McCluskey, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
• 1960 » Elish Angiolini, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland
• 1960 » Erik Poppe, Norwegian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
• 1960 » Karin Pilsäter, Swedish accountant and politician
• 1960 » Siedah Garrett, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1961 » Bernie Nicholls, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1961 » Curt Smith, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1961 » Dennis Danell, American singer and guitarist († 2000)
• 1961 » Iain Glen, Scottish actor
• 1961 » Ralph E. Reed, Jr., American journalist and activist

• 1943 » Camille Roy, Canadian priest and critic (b. 1870)
• 1946 » Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Emil Seidel, American politician, Mayor of Milwaukee (b. 1864)
• 1962 » Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist and music critic (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Stuart Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1892)
• 1968 » Tony Hancock, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1969 » Frank King, American cartoonist (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Willy Ley, German-American historian and author (b. 1906)
• 1976 » Minor White, American photographer, critic, and academic (b. 1908)
• 1978 » Robert Charroux, French author and critic (b. 1909)

• 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 25 » 101 Dalmatians premiered from Walt Disney Productions.
• February 13 » An allegedly 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, US, that appears to anachronistically encase a spark plug.
• March 30 » The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.
• July 19 » Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.
• July 25 » Cold War: In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO.
• December 15 » Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty by an Israeli court of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people, and membership of an outlawed organization.

The temperature on June 24, 1961 was between 12.0 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.