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• Kristien Beliën, Diest, Vlaams Brabant, België († 2009)
• Mijke (Maria Marcelina) Linders, Utrecht († 2023)
• Jelmer Koopman, Westwoud, Nederland († 1981)
• Daniela Stroink, Lingen

• Anna Gerarda van Velzen (93)
• David McCallan (61), Rockstown, Carrickmore, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland
• Anna Gerarda van Velzen (93), Amsterdam
• Alida Marie Thibodeaux (93), Theriot, Terrebonne, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus de Busser (70), Amsterdam
• Antonia Paulina Ihnken (95), Bergen op Zoom
• AUGUSTA VAN ROYEN (69), SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Aafje Steur (81), Purmerend, Nederland
• Anna Maria van den BERG (80), Zeist (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
• Cornelis Smit (78), Harderwijk (GD)

• 1979 » Mindy Kaling, American actress and producer
• 1979 » Petra Němcová, Czech model and philanthropist
• 1980 » Andrew Jones, Australian race car driver
• 1980 » Cicinho, Brazilian footballer
• 1980 » Minka Kelly, American actress
• 1980 » Nina Dübbers, German tennis player
• 1982 » Jarret Stoll, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 » Kevin Nolan, English footballer
• 1983 » Gianni Munari, Italian footballer
• 1983 » Rebecca Cooke, English swimmer

• 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)
• 1988 » Csaba Kesjár, Hungarian race car driver (b. 1962)
• 1991 » Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter and illustrator (b. 1899)
• 1991 » Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (b. 1917)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Peter
5. Johannes
6. Michael
7. Maarten
8. Hendrik
9. Robert
10. Sander
11. David
12. Willem
13. Dennis
14. Pieter
15. Patrick
16. Paul

1. Maria
2. Linda
3. Kim
4. Esther
5. Marieke
6. Johanna
7. Anna
8. Jessica
9. Wendy
10. Jennifer
11. Suzanne
12. Judith
13. Sarah
14. Sandra
15. Laura
16. Elisabeth

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
• January 21 » Production of the iconic DeLorean sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
• June 11 » A magnitude 6.9 earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000.
• June 28 » A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of the Islamic Republican Party.
• October 20 » Two police officers and an armored car guard are killed during an armed robbery carried out by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground.
• November 11 » Antigua and Barbuda joins the United Nations.
• December 11 » El Mozote massacre: Armed forces in El Salvador kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the Salvadoran Civil War.

The temperature on June 24, 1981 was between 9.2 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.