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• Jacquelien Willeke (Jacqueline) Beekhof, Hulshorst (Ermelo) († 2001)
• Jacqueline Willeke Beekhof, Nunspeet, Gelderland, Nederland († 2001)
• Christopher D. Sides, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Mark Herman Arend Kersten, Deventer († 1993)
• Dirk Pieter Snoep, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland († 1997)
• Barrie Jongenelen († 1990)
• Jacquelien Beekhof, Nunspeet († 2001)
• Eva Matthijssen, Kapellen / Cappelen, België († 2016)

• Anna von Silva-Tarouca (82), Schwaigern, Allemagne
• Alida Maria Busking (82)
• Adrie Mooij (19), Amstelveen
• Anna von Silva-Tarouca (82), Schwaigern
• Alberta Aleida de Vries (65), Steenwijk
• Arthur Ernest Ironside (81), Canada
• Alberta Aleida de Vries (65), Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bertha Valentine Desmet (75), Ronse
• Catharina Christina Wolf (61), Nijmegen
• Chrissie Lucretta Perkins (75), Albion, Calhoun, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1969 » Jaan Kirsipuu, Estonian cyclist
• 1969 » Scott Johnson, American cartoonist
• 1971 » Calbert Cheaney, American basketball player and coach
• 1971 » Cory Doctorow, Canadian author and activist
• 1971 » Nico Mattan, Belgian cyclist
• 1972 » Donny Marshall, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1972 » Elizabeth Cook, American singer and guitarist
• 1972 » Eric Williams, American basketball player
• 1972 » Jaap Stam, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1972 » Jason Rullo, American drummer

• 1959 » Billie Holiday, American singer (b. 1915)
• 1959 » Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (b. 1879)
• 1961 » Emin Halid Onat, Turkish architect and academic (b. 1908)
• 1961 » Ty Cobb, American baseball player and manager (b. 1886)
• 1967 » John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1926)
• 1974 » Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1910)
• 1975 » Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (b. 1893)
• 1980 » Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1890)
• 1980 » Don "Red" Barry, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1912)

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 » Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
• March 25 » The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.
• July 12 » The Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time.
• November 15 » Intel releases the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.
• November 27 » The Soviet space program's Mars 2 orbiter releases a descent module. It malfunctions and crashes, but it is the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars.
• December 8 » Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launches an attack on West Pakistan's port city of Karachi.

The temperature on July 17, 1971 was between 4.4 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.