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• Siefke Martijn Vierveijzer, Winschoten, GR Netherlands († 2020)
• Sylvia Reuvers
• Hubrecht Adriaan de Voogd, Elkerzee
• Greta Marie Veenstra, Orange Sioux Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Afra Johanna Maria van den Hoek, t Veld,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2019)

• Anne Siebes Veenstra (91)
• Clarence George Gilles (75), Crittenden, Champaign, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Christina Margaretha van Oijen (Ooijen) (83), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bartholomeus Johan Boudewijn Deligne (76), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Johannes Bosveld (81), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anne Douwes Woudstra (82)
• Aafke de Jong (70), Roden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Abraham van Beelen (79), Bilthoven, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catharina Eland (73), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aafke Pieters de Jong (70), Roden

• 1969 » LeRon Perry Ellis, American basketball player
• 1970 » Diego Simeone, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1970 » Nicklas Lidström, Swedish ice hockey player and scout
• 1970 » Richard Fromberg, Australian tennis player
• 1971 » Brad McEwan, Australian journalist
• 1972 » Helena Tulve, Estonian composer
• 1972 » Jean-Paul van Gastel, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1972 » Violent J, American rapper
• 1973 » Earl Holmes, American football player and coach
• 1973 » Jorge Garcia, American actor and producer

• 1957 » Heinrich Bär, German colonel and pilot (b. 1913)
• 1962 » Bennie Osler, South African rugby player (b. 1901)
• 1963 » Wilhelm Weber, German gymnast (b. 1880)
• 1970 » Ed Begley, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1973 » Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (b. 1893)
• 1976 » Richard Hughes, American author and poet (b. 1900)
• 1977 » Ricardo Cortez, American actor (b. 1900)
• 1977 » Sepp Herberger, German footballer and coach (b. 1897)
• 1978 » Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan commander and politician, 1st President of Afghanistan (b. 1909)
• 1980 » Tommy Caldwell, American bass player (b. 1949)

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. Saskia
7. Anna
8. Jolanda
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.
• March 1 » President of Pakistan Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.
• April 1 » Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre over 1,000 people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.
• August 10 » The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.
• September 29 » Oman joins the Arab League.
• October 1 » Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.
• October 27 » The Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire.

The temperature on April 28, 1971 was between 0.2 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.