About the day » Thursday August 5, 1971Calender converter

• Gerrit Jan Willem ( Jim) de Ruig, Amsterdam († 2010)
• Ivo Raets, Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland († 2009)
• Leijten, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1971)
• Jason Joseph Mercer, Toronto Ontario Canada († 2016)
• Marco Adrianus Henricus Franciscus Broumels, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1971)
• Christina de Vries, Drachten, Nederland († 1972)
• Cedric Michaut, Auxerre, France († 1998)
• Lutgarde Verduyckt

• Antonius Henricus Martinus Steijlen (72), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida ZWARTHOED (68), Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• August De Waele (60), Gent
• Adrianus Martinus (Arie) Geerlings (46), Noordwijkerhout
• Catharina Frederika Berthina Braam (65)
• Allegonda Arts (72), Nijmegen
• Alida (aal) Zwarthoed (68), Volendam
• Clarence Coleman Gifford [Wk Bu] (63), Wylie, Collin County, Texas
• Argentje Franken (89), Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa
• Leijten (0), Tilburg (Noord-Brabant, NLD)

• 1969 » Jackie Doyle-Price, English politician
• 1969 » Vasbert Drakes, Barbadian cricketer
• 1970 » James Gunn, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 » Valdis Dombrovskis, Latvian academic and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Latvia
• 1972 » Aaqib Javed, Pakistani cricketer and coach
• 1972 » Christian Olde Wolbers, Belgian-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1972 » Darren Shahlavi, English-American actor and martial artist († 2015)
• 1972 » Ikuto Hidaka, Japanese wrestler
• 1972 » Jon Sleightholme, English rugby player
• 1972 » Theodore Whitmore, Jamaican footballer and manager

• 1959 » Edgar Guest, English-American journalist and poet (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
• 1963 » Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898)
• 1964 » Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1886)
• 1968 » Luther Perkins, American guitarist (b. 1928)
• 1978 » Jesse Haines, American baseball player and coach (b. 1893)
• 1980 » Harold L. Runnels, American soldier and politician (b. 1924)
• 1983 » Joan Robinson, English economist and author (b. 1903)
• 1983 » Judy Canova, American actress and comedian (b. 1913)
• 1984 » Richard Burton, Welsh-Swiss actor and producer (b. 1925)

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. Saskia
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.
• February 8 » South Vietnamese ground troops launch an incursion into Laos to try to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail and stop communist infiltration.
• May 20 » In the Chuknagar massacre, Pakistani forces massacre thousands, mostly Bengali Hindus.
• June 13 » Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers.
• July 30 » An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Iwate, Japan killing 162.
• October 1 » Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.

The temperature on August 5, 1971 was between 15.2 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.