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• Wilhelmina Johanna Maria Verheijen, Gilze en Rijen
• Maria Cornelia Antonia van Boxtel, Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Paula Hazel Zorgdrager, Port Kembla, NSW, Australië († 2019)
• Agnes Reit, Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland († 2009)
• Peter John Albert Courbois, Shepparton (Aus)
• Danielle ten Have († 2010)
• Jan Pieter Hendrik van Beelen, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Agnes Reit, Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands († 2009)

• Antonius Jacobus Hupen (58), Horst, Limburg, Netherlands
• Antonius Jacobus Hüpen (58)
• Alice Lena Koeppe (71), Burwell, Garfield, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Sebregts (84)
• Aafje Anker (78)
• Anna van der Panne (83), Zierikzee
• Ane Sybrens Speerstra (63), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Bauke van Wijk (88), Amsterdam
• Adriaan Lucas (80), Lage Zwaluwe, Nederland
• Aafje Anker (78)

• 1972 » Denis Žvegelj, Slovenian rower
• 1972 » Robbie McEwen, Australian cyclist
• 1973 » Alexis Gauthier, French chef
• 1973 » Jere Lehtinen, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1974 » Chris Guccione, American baseball player and umpire
• 1974 » Dan Byles, English sailor, rower, and politician
• 1975 » Federico Pucciariello, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
• 1975 » Marek Malík, Czech ice hockey player
• 1976 » Brock Olivo, American football player and coach
• 1977 » Dimos Dikoudis, Greek basketball player and manager

• 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)
• 1980 » V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (b. 1894)
• 1984 » Clarence Campbell, Canadian businessman (b. 1905)
• 1987 » Jackie Gleason, American actor, comedian, and producer (b. 1916)

• 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
• January 5 » The warmest reliably measured temperature within the Antarctic Circle, of +59°F (+15°C), is recorded at Vanda Station.
• January 19 » China gains control over all the Paracel Islands after a military engagement between the naval forces of China and South Vietnam
• February 22 » Samuel Byck attempts to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Airport with the intention of crashing it into the White House to assassinate Richard Nixon, but is killed by police.
• April 25 » Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative Estado Novo regime and establishes a democratic government.
• April 27 » Ten thousand march in Washington, D.C., calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon.
• May 16 » Josip Broz Tito is elected president for life of Yugoslavia.

The temperature on June 24, 1974 was between 13.1 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.