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• Cornelis David Vork, Amsterdam († 1976)
• Gert Aalderink († 2023)
• Robert Jan van Zwieten, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annemarie Luiten, Geldrop (NL) († 1971)
• Jeroen Hendrik Volger, Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1979)
• Linda Claesen, Bilzen († 1982)
• Brigitte Waisfisch, Purmerend

• Claude Smith Abbott (80), Shawnee Mission, Johnson, Kansas, United States of America
• Arthur Lee Roach (69), Garfield, Whitman, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Charles Henri DEREIN (63), Wattignies,59139,Nord,Nord Pas de Calais,FRANCE
• Anna Maria PEELMAN (77), Moerzeke,9220,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Agripina Pinheiro de Ulhôa Cintra (88), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• CHRISTINA BRINK (77), Grant-MI (USA)
• Abraham Johannes De Villiers (70), Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
• Anna Gesina Lippolt (74), Klazienaveen, Emmen
• Anne Douwes (Andrew) Rienstra (75), Holland, Allegan, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Augustinus Josephus Danckaert (61), Hulst, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1969 » Hideki Irabu, Japanese-American baseball player († 2011)
• 1970 » Alison Jackson, English photographer, director, and screenwriter
• 1970 » Ben Wallace, English captain and politician
• 1970 » Desmond Howard, American football player and sportscaster
• 1970 » Frank de Boer, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1970 » Rod Smith, American football player
• 1970 » Ronald de Boer, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1971 » Karin Lušnic, Slovenian tennis player
• 1972 » Danny Alexander, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
• 1972 » David Charvet, French actor and singer

• 1963 » John Aglionby, English-born Bishop of Accra and soldier (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Vladko Maček, Croatian lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Pio Pion, Italian businessman (b. 1887)
• 1967 » Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882)
• 1967 » Italo Mus, Italian painter (b. 1892)
• 1969 » Joe Malone, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and playwright (b. 1900)
• 1978 » Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
• 1980 » Gordon Prange, American historian and author (b. 1910)
• 1982 » Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946)

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.
• February 2 » The international Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands is signed in Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran.
• March 12 » The 1971 Turkish military memorandum is sent to the Süleyman Demirel government of Turkey and the government resigns.
• April 1 » Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre over 1,000 people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.
• 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.
• November 6 » The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
• November 24 » During a severe thunderstorm over Washington state, a hijacker calling himself Dan Cooper (aka D. B. Cooper) parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane with $200,000 in ransom money. He has never been found.

The temperature on May 15, 1971 was between 8.5 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.