About the day » Wednesday March 24, 1971Calender converter

• NN Goris, Arnhem († 1971)
• Grant Andrew Rothe († 2012)
• MECHTELD CLAZINA MASCHA MAAT, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Mary Elizabeth Jones, Troy,New York
• Desiree Corrine Hester Grootjen, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1971)
• Henrike Deborah Talens, Zwolle
• Troy Matthew Duininck, Kandiyohi, MN

• Bernard Willem Teutelink (93), Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Antje Douwes Greidanus (93), Wijtgaard
• Betje van Dijkhuizen (78)
• * Adriaantje Kastelein (85), Zwammerdam
• Aart Jansen (72)
• Antonius Egbertus Cornelius den Brok (50), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonie Czn Knoot (69), Numansdorp
• Antje Buiter (91), Grootegast
• Albert James Dean (87), Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. England
• Antonie Mallee (80), Den Haag

• 1969 » Stephan Eberharter, Austrian skier
• 1970 » Erica Kennedy, African-American journalist and author († 2012)
• 1970 » Judith Draxler, Austrian swimmer
• 1970 » Lara Flynn Boyle, American actress
• 1970 » Mike Vanderjagt, Canadian-American football player
• 1970 » Sharon Corr, Irish singer-songwriter and violinist
• 1971 » Tig Notaro, American comedian and actor
• 1972 » Christophe Dugarry, French footballer
• 1972 » Steve Karsay, American baseball player and coach
• 1973 » Jacek Bąk, Polish footballer

• 1962 » Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer (b. 1884)
• 1962 » Jean Goldkette, French-American pianist and bandleader (b. 1899)
• 1968 » Alice Guy-Blaché, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1873)
• 1971 » Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect, designed the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel and Aarhus City Hall (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Arthur Metcalfe, Australian public servant (b. 1895)
• 1976 » Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English field marshal (b. 1887)
• 1978 » Park Mok-wol, influential Korean poet and academic (b. 1916)
• 1980 » Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (b. 1917)
• 1984 » Sam Jaffe, American actor (b. 1891)
• 1985 » Raoul Ubac, French painter, sculptor, photographer and engraver (b. 1910)

• 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.
• January 31 » Apollo program: Apollo 14: Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell, aboard a Saturn V, lift off for a mission to the Fra Mauro Highlands on the Moon.
• March 26 » East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
• August 1 » The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
• November 6 » The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
• November 28 » Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation suffers severe abdominal injuries allegedly caused by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers; he dies two days later.
• December 2 » Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm al-Quwain form the United Arab Emirates.

The temperature on March 24, 1971 was between 4.2 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.