About the day » Monday May 24, 1971Calender converter

• Dennis Sierk Breget, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Zoé Coomans de Brachène, Ixelles, 21009, Belgique († 1972)
• Jolanda Elisabeth Maria Krone († 2005)
• Renate Maria van Ark, Zoetermeer († 2010)
• Cyril Bongaerts
• J.E.M(Jolanda) Krone († 2005)

• Bertha May Berghly (91), Montgomery County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• August Joseph Cornelis Daamen (75), Naarden, Gooise Meren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis van Sluijs (87), Middelburg
• Albertus Roelof Sanders (60)
• Berend Groenhof (57)
• Derk Jan Hulzebosch (74), Dalfsen, Nederland
• Bertha May Beeghley (91), Johnsville, Montgomery County, Ohio
• Beliza ARCE MORENO (78), Panamá Ciudad, Panamá, República de Panamá
• Barbara Alberdina Hulshoff (77), Deventer
• Weterings (5), Maastricht

• 1969 » Jacob Rees-Mogg, English politician
• 1969 » Martin McCague, Northern Irish-English cricketer
• 1969 » Rich Robinson, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1971 » Kris Draper, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1972 » Greg Berlanti, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 » Bartolo Colón, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1973 » Rodrigo, Argentinian singer-songwriter († 2000)
• 1973 » Shirish Kunder, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 » Vladimír Šmicer, Czech footballer and manager
• 1974 » Sébastien Foucan, French runner and actor

• 1956 » Martha Annie Whiteley, English chemist and mathematician (b. 1866)
• 1958 » Frank Rowe, Australian public servant (b. 1895)
• 1959 » John Foster Dulles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 52nd United States Secretary of State (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)
• 1965 » Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (b. 1908)
• 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)

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

1. Sandra
2. Maria
3. Johanna
4. Monique
5. Esther
6. Anna
7. Jolanda
8. Saskia
9. Ingrid
10. Karin
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 2 » Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
• June 30 » The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.
• September 13 » State police and National Guardsmen storm New York's Attica Prison to quell a prison revolt, which claimed 43 lives.
• October 25 » The People's Republic of China replaces the Republic of China at the United Nations.
• November 21 » Indian troops, partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas), defeat the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur.
• November 22 » In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, the Cairngorm Plateau Disaster, five children and one of their leaders are found dead from exposure in the Scottish mountains.

The temperature on May 24, 1971 was between 9.5 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.