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• Justin Lee DALY, Wellington, New Zealand († 1987)
• Richard Johannes Antonius Braam, Heerlen

• Birdie Jane Cale (75)
• Bartus van Duren (84)
• Annetje Reurink (72), Doornspijk, Nederland
• Albert Kok (80), Mastenbroek, Nederland
• Clarence Elmer Kallemeyn (79)
• Clyde Weaver Blaylock (82), Le Flore County, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten
• Coenraad Kulcker (73), Amsterdam
• Anna Catharina Veenker (48), Groningen
• cornelia bliek (67), Nederland
• Augustinus Christiaan Weijers (61), Valkenswaard

• 1969 » Bruce Anstey, New Zealand motorcycle racer
• 1969 » Josée Chouinard, Canadian figure skater
• 1970 » Cathy Weseluck, Canadian actress
• 1970 » Craig Counsell, American baseball player and coach
• 1970 » Erik Dekker, Dutch cyclist and manager
• 1971 » Liam Howlett, English keyboard player, DJ, and producer
• 1971 » Mamadou Diallo, Senegalese footballer
• 1971 » Robert Harvey, Australian footballer and coach
• 1973 » Sergey Brin, Russian-American computer scientist and businessman, co-founded Google
• 1973 » Steve McKenna, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1957 » Mait Metsanurk, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1879)
• 1960 » David B. Steinman, American engineer, designed the Mackinac Bridge (b. 1886)
• 1964 » Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (b. 1893)
• 1971 » George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (b. 1941)
• 1974 » Buford Pusser, American police officer (b. 1937)
• 1974 » Kirpal Singh, Indian spiritual master (b. 1894)
• 1978 » Charles Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Kaka Kalelkar, Indian Hindi Writer(B.1885)
• 1983 » Benigno Aquino, Jr., Filipino journalist and politician (b. 1932)

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.
• January 1 » Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.
• August 1 » The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
• September 28 » The Parliament of the UK passes the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, banning the medicinal use of cannabis.
• October 29 » In Macon, Georgia, guitarist Duane Allman is killed in a motorcycle accident.
• 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.
• December 4 » The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi.

The temperature on August 21, 1971 was between 15.4 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.