About the day » Friday July 24, 1981Calender converter

• Sanne Somers, Etten Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• cornelis petrus hendrikus (bart) vercoulen, meijel
• Dave d' Haens, Antwerpen (B)
• Lisette Jansen, Etten Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Joyce Keuker
• Richard Eildert Carabain, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2022)

• Anna Maria Putz (75), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Antje Pietersdr Kraak (81), Den Helder, North Holland, Netherlands
• Athanasius Andreas van GESTEL (80), Eindhoven (Noord Brabant) (NL)
• Catharina Groot (59), Volendam
• Aaltje Veen (78), Giethoorn, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Putz (75), Nijmegen
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• Adrianus Lambertus Henneman (57), Madrid (Spanje)
• Antonius van Tiggelen (76), Wouw
• Andrew Steenhoek (76), Pella (Marion), Iowa, Verenigde Staten

• 1980 » Joel Stroetzel, American guitarist
• 1981 » Doug Bollinger, Australian cricketer
• 1981 » Mark Robinson, English footballer
• 1981 » Summer Glau, American actress
• 1982 » Anna Paquin, Canadian-New Zealand actress
• 1982 » Elisabeth Moss, American actress
• 1982 » Mewelde Moore, American football player
• 1982 » Michael Poppmeier, South African-German rugby player
• 1982 » Thiago Medeiros, Brazilian race car driver
• 1982 » Trevor Matthews, Canadian actor and producer, founded Brookstreet Pictures

• 1969 » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman, philanthropist, and civil servant (b. 1897)
• 1974 » James Chadwick, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1980 » Peter Sellers, English actor and comedian (b. 1925)
• 1985 » Ezechiele Ramin, Italian missionary and martyr (b. 1953)
• 1986 » Fritz Albert Lipmann, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1986 » Qudrat Ullah Shahab, Pakistani civil servant and author (b. 1917)
• 1991 » Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1992 » Arletty, French actress and singer (b. 1898)
• 1992 » Sam Berger, Canadian lawyer and businessman (b. 1900)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Peter
5. Johannes
6. Michael
7. Maarten
8. Hendrik
9. Robert
10. Sander
11. David
12. Dennis
13. Willem
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 2 » One of the largest investigations by a British police force ends when serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", is arrested in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
• January 17 » President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos lifts martial law eight years and five months after declaring it.
• April 14 » STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia completes its first test flight.
• April 27 » Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
• May 5 » Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27.
• November 25 » Pope John Paul II appoints Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

The temperature on July 24, 1981 was between 10.1 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 16.4 mm of rain during 8.0 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.