About the day » Thursday April 1, 1971Calender converter

• Koen Van Elsacker
• Ranee ( stillborn ) Polinder († 1971)
• Petronella Henrica Marina van Stratum, Veghel
• Perry van Westen († 2016)

• Berend BATEMA (63), Ulrum Groningen Netherlands
• Bernardus Johannes Kuiphuis (61), Almelo
• van Hagen (51), Venlo, Li.NL. (Zkh)
• Anna Maretha Kousbroek (85), Hilversum
• Adrianus Johannes Post (58), Doetinchem
• Berend Knevelbaard (67), Zeegse (Vries)
• Bouwina Wiersema (81), Bierum,, Groningen, Nederland
• Aart L Franken (78), Maurice, Sioux County, Iowa
• Anna Ulrika Hoppstadius (74), Tåsjö (Z)
• Alvah Mote (80), Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington, Verenigde Staten

• 1969 » Andrew Vlahov, Australian basketball player
• 1969 » Dean Windass, English footballer and manager
• 1969 » Lev Lobodin, Ukrainian-Russian decathlete
• 1970 » Brad Meltzer, American author, screenwriter, and producer
• 1971 » Shinji Nakano, Japanese racing driver
• 1971 » Sonia Bisset, Cuban javelin thrower
• 1972 » Darren McCarty, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1972 » Jesse Tobias, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1973 » Christian Finnegan, American comedian and actor
• 1973 » Stephen Fleming, New Zealand cricketer and coach

• 1962 » Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain and businessman (b. 1910)
• 1965 » Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman (b. 1870)
• 1966 » Brian O'Nolan, Irish author (b. 1911)
• 1968 » Lev Landau, Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Max Ernst, German painter and sculptor (b. 1891)
• 1981 » Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai singer-songwriter and bandleader (b. 1910)
• 1984 » Elizabeth Goudge, English author (b. 1900)
• 1984 » Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
• 1986 » Erik Bruhn, Danish actor, director, and choreographer (b. 1928)
• 1987 » Henri Cochet, French tennis player (b. 1901)

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 » Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame.
• March 26 » East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
• June 11 » The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control.
• July 11 » Copper mines in Chile are nationalized.
• August 5 » The first Pacific Islands Forum (then known as the "South Pacific Forum") is held in Wellington, New Zealand, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean.
• December 16 » Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The ceasefire of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as Victory Day in Bangladesh, and as Vijay Diwas in India.

The temperature on April 1, 1971 was between 3.4 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.