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• Patrick Carly († 1974)
• Yvonne Maria Keith, Lexington, Holmes, Mississippi, United States († 2016)
• Marie-Louise Michielsen, Gilze en Rijen († 1988)
• Evert (Edwin) Benjamins, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Remco Henkelman, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)

• Berend van Panhuis (70), Ermelo
• Bernardus Jacobus Slothouber (84), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernardus Jacobus Slothouber (84), Ermelo
• Anna Josephine Decker (69), Massapequa, L.I., Gen hospital, NY
• Clement Alfons Maria Van Leugenhaeghe (45), Zwijndrecht
• "Luise Alexandra" Myrrha Sidonia Anna von Bernstorff (82), Genève, Suisse
• Agnes Laurence Van Teijlingen (65)
• Arnold Lloyd Moore (52), Richardson, Texas
• Alexandra de Bernstorff (82), Genève, Genève, Suisse
• Bastiaan van den Oven (66), Moerdijk, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands

• 1969 » Danny King, English author and playwright
• 1969 » Paul Blackthorne, English actor and producer
• 1970 » John Frusciante, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1970 » Mike Brown, American basketball player and coach
• 1970 » Yuu Watase, Japanese illustrator
• 1971 » Filip Meirhaeghe, Belgian cyclist
• 1971 » Greg Berry, English footballer and coach
• 1971 » Jeffrey Hammonds, American baseball player and scout
• 1971 » Mark Protheroe, Australian rugby league player
• 1971 » Yuri Lowenthal, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter

• 1966 » Anna Akhmatova, Ukrainian-Russian poet, author, and translator (b. 1889)
• 1967 » Georges Vanier, Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (b. 1888)
• 1967 » Mischa Auer, Russian-American actor (b. 1905)
• 1967 » Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iranian political scientist and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1882)
• 1971 » Allan Nevins, American journalist and author (b. 1890)
• 1973 » Robert C. O'Brien, American journalist and author (b. 1918)
• 1974 » Billy De Wolfe, American actor (b. 1907)
• 1974 » John Samuel Bourque, Canadian colonel and politician (b. 1894)
• 1974 » Sol Hurok, Ukrainian-American businessman (b. 1888)
• 1976 » Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1889)

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 9 » The 6.5–6.7 M_w  Sylmar earthquake hits the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 64 and injuring 2,000.
• February 15 » The decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day.
• March 7 » Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, political leader of then East Pakistan (present day-Bangladesh), delivers his historic 7th March speech in the Racecourse Field (Now Suhrawardy Udyan) in Dhaka.
• June 7 » The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service raids the home of Ken Ballew for illegal possession of hand grenades.
• July 15 » The United Red Army is founded in Japan.
• August 9 » The Troubles: The British Army in Northern Ireland launches Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested and interned, thousands are displaced, and twenty are killed in the violence that followed.

The temperature on March 5, 1971 was between -13.9 °C and -2.3 °C and averaged -6.2 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.