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• Christian Frederik Weijermars, Stiens
• Yvonne Bronckers, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 2016)
• Alexandra Hielegems († 1971)
• Jan Harmen Harmens van der Veer († 2013)
• Bianca Chantal van der Miessen, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Bianca Chantal van der Miessen, Haarlem, Haarlem, Noord Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Reina Molenberg, Groningen (Grunn), Groningen, Nederland († 2012)
• Margriet Gertrude van de Poll, Maastricht († 1994)
• Alexandra Hielegems († 1971)
• Reina Molenberg, Groningen († 2012)

• Antonius Josephus Duquesnoij (75), Waalwijk
• Arlan Jay van de Hoef
• Claude Horton (81), Russellville, Franklin, Alabama
• Catherina Petronella Theodora van Noort (54)
• Cornelis van der Sar (68), Haarlem, Nederland
• Albert Bosch (63)
• Christina Johanna Zandbergen (80), Leidschendam
• Auguste Maria Anna van Schulenburg-Hessler (84), Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Adrijana Wilemina Veenhof (3), Nijmegen
• Aaltje Egberts (75), Westervelde

• 1969 » David Douillet, French martial artist and politician
• 1969 » Vasily Kudinov, Russian handball player († 2017)
• 1970 » Dominic Purcell, English-born Irish-Australian actor and producer
• 1971 » Denise Richards, American model and actress
• 1972 » Billie Joe Armstrong, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer
• 1972 » Lars Göran Petrov, Swedish singer and drummer
• 1972 » Philippe Candeloro, French figure skater
• 1972 » Taylor Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and drummer
• 1972 » Valeria Mazza, Argentinian model and businesswoman
• 1973 » Goran Bunjevčević, Serbian FR Yugoslavia international footballer, defender († 2018)

• 1961 » Lütfi Kırdar, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Nita Naldi, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1962 » Bruno Walter, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1876)
• 1962 » Joseph Kearns, American actor (b. 1907)
• 1966 » Hans Hofmann, German-American painter (b. 1880)
• 1970 » Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1972 » Friday Hassler, American race car driver (b. 1935)
• 1977 » Janani Luwum, Ugandan archbishop and saint (b. 1922)
• 1979 » William Gargan, American actor (b. 1905)

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. Jolanda
8. Saskia
9. Karin
10. Ingrid
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 5 » Astronauts land on the moon in the Apollo 14 mission.
• April 10 » Ping-pong diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a week-long visit.
• April 17 » The Provisional Government of Bangladesh is formed.
• May 19 » Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union.
• September 11 » The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.
• September 13 » Chairman Mao Zedong's second in command and successor Marshal Lin Biao flees the People's Republic of China after the failure of an alleged coup. His plane crashes in Mongolia, killing all aboard.

The temperature on February 17, 1971 was between -3.0 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.