About the day » Saturday April 24, 1971Calender converter

• Esther Booter († 1971)
• Jan Hommersom
• Patricia Mathilda Caarls, Zevenaar († 1971)
• Esther Booter, Amsterdam
• Kevin Matthew Wolf, Bedford, Bedford County, Pennsylvania († 1993)
• Annelies Erika Dorien van den Berg, Hengelo
• Angela Kuppens († 1989)

• Alphonsus Albertus Oude Nijhuis (56), Raalte
• "Paule" Marie Josèphe Urbaine Henriette de Pélissier (81)
• Casper Lourens (87), Leiden (Prov.Zuid Holland)
• Camille Gustave Vansteene (78), Oostende
• Casper Lourens (87), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Johanna Maria Spijkers (72)
• Berend Hielkes Penninga (78), Niezijl
• Cornelia Maria Boef (81), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Tuut (75), Nijeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertha Louisa TIBBETT (55), Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia

• 1969 » Eilidh Whiteford, Scottish academic and politician
• 1969 » Elias Atmatsidis, Greek footballer
• 1969 » Rory McCann, Scottish actor
• 1970 » Damien Fleming, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
• 1971 » Kumar Dharmasena, Sri Lankan cricketer and umpire
• 1971 » Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 » Chipper Jones, American baseball player
• 1972 » Jure Košir, Slovenian skier and singer
• 1972 » Rab Douglas, Scottish footballer
• 1973 » Gabby Logan, English gymnast, television and radio host

• 1965 » Louise Dresser, American actress (b. 1878)
• 1966 » Simon Chikovani, Georgian poet and author (b. 1902)
• 1967 » Robert Richards, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of South Australia (b. 1885)
• 1967 » Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)
• 1968 » Walter Tewksbury, American athlete (b. 1876)
• 1970 » Otis Spann, American singer and pianist (b. 1930)
• 1972 » Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (b. 1892)
• 1974 » Bud Abbott, American comedian and producer (b. 1895)
• 1975 » Pete Ham, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
• 1976 » Mark Tobey, American-Swiss painter and educator (b. 1890)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Robert
4. Marco
5. Peter
6. Marcel
7. Jeroen
8. Mark
9. Richard
10. Patrick
11. Michael
12. Edwin
13. Pieter
14. Cornelis
15. David
16. Johan

1. Sandra
2. Maria
3. Johanna
4. Monique
5. Esther
6. Anna
7. Jolanda
8. Saskia
9. Karin
10. Ingrid
11. Petra
12. Miranda
13. Yvonne
14. Astrid
15. Linda
16. Cornelia

• 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
• February 3 » New York Police Officer Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption.
• May 3 » Erich Honecker becomes First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, remaining in power until 1989.
• July 15 » The United Red Army is founded in Japan.
• October 1 » The first practical CT scanner is used to diagnose a patient.
• October 25 » The People's Republic of China replaces the Republic of China at the United Nations.
• December 7 » The Battle of Sylhet is fought between the Pakistani military and the Mukti Bahini.

The temperature on April 24, 1971 was between 6.6 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 6.0 mm of rain during 10.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.