About the day » Thursday January 21, 1971Calender converter

• John D. Heetland († 1992)
• Arjan Hendrik (Arjan) Beekelaar, Middelie, Nederland
• John David Heetland, Blue Earth, Faribault Co., MN († 1992)
• Henri Staal, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Mary-José Wilhelmina A.A. van de Laar, Helmond
• Vrouwelijk Roggeman, Ninove († 1971)
• Emmanuel Guy Felix, Luxeuil-les-Bains, Haute-Saône († 1996)
• Jetske de Bruin, Drachten, Boekweitkamp 12 († 1993)
• Bryan A. Shrock, Tipton, Tipton Co., IN († 1971)

• Anna Margaretha Josephina Timmermans (78), Weert
• Adriana Leermakers (77), Liempde, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Maria Smits (76)
• Aarke Teuntje Schümacher (90), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Goossen Bos (53), Leens, Het Hogeland, Groningen, Nederland
• Christina Sibilla Goemans (64), Horst, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Bernardina Beindorff (85), Bloemendaal
• Anna Rombouts (81), Prinsenbeek, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Josephina Timmermans (78), Weert
• Cornelis Johannes Maria Spapens (70), Breda

• 1970 » Alen Bokšić, former Croatian footballer
• 1970 » Ken Leung, American actor
• 1970 » Marina Foïs, French actress
• 1971 » Dmitri Khlestov, Russian footballer
• 1971 » Doug Edwards, American basketball player
• 1971 » Doug Weight, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1971 » Dylan Kussman, American actor
• 1971 » Rafael Berges, Spanish footballer
• 1971 » Sergey Klevchenya, Russian speed skater
• 1971 » Uni Arge, Faroese footballer and entertainer

• 1959 » Cecil B. DeMille, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Matt Moore, Irish-American actor and director (b. 1888)
• 1961 » Blaise Cendrars, Swiss author and poet (b. 1887)
• 1963 » Acharya Shivpujan Sahay, Indian author, poet, and academic (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Spiros Xenos, Greek-Swedish painter (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Gwynne Evans, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1880)
• 1967 » Ann Sheridan, American actress (b. 1915)
• 1968 » Will Lang, Jr., American journalist (b. 1914)
• 1977 » Sandro Penna, Italian poet and journalist (b. 1906)
• 1978 » Freda Utley, English scholar and author (b. 1898)

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

1. Sandra
2. Maria
3. Johanna
4. Monique
5. Esther
6. Anna
7. Saskia
8. Jolanda
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.
• January 21 » The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.
• May 3 » Erich Honecker becomes First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, remaining in power until 1989.
• May 20 » In the Chuknagar massacre, Pakistani forces massacre thousands, mostly Bengali Hindus.
• May 30 » Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched to map 70% of the surface, and to study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of Mars.
• August 1 » The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
• September 13 » State police and National Guardsmen storm New York's Attica Prison to quell a prison revolt, which claimed 43 lives.

The temperature on January 21, 1971 was between 2.3 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.