About the day » Thursday January 21, 1971Calender converter

• John David Heetland, Blue Earth, Faribault Co., MN († 1992)
• John D. Heetland († 1992)
• Henri Staal, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arjan Hendrik (Arjan) Beekelaar, Middelie, Nederland
• Bryan A. Shrock, Tipton, Tipton Co., IN († 1971)
• Jetske de Bruin, Drachten, Boekweitkamp 12 († 1993)
• Vrouwelijk Roggeman, Ninove († 1971)
• Emmanuel Guy Felix, Luxeuil-les-Bains, Haute-Saône († 1996)
• Mary-José Wilhelmina A.A. van de Laar, Helmond
• Evelina Hazina de Vries, Katwijk aan de Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)

• Tjakko Bos (84), Delfzijl
• Carolus Antonius Lurasco (91), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius KIVITS (85), Vught (NL/NB)
• Anna Margaretha Josephina (Gritje) Timmermans (78), Weert
• Anna Margaretha Josephina Timmermans (78), Weert
• Antonia Petronella Vlot (71), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Aarke Teuntje Schümacher (90), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Theodora Elisabeth van de Putte (68), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Almore Daniel Bannink (66)
• Albert Borgman (76), Fremont, Newaygo County, Michigan

• 1970 » Alen Bokšić, former Croatian footballer
• 1970 » Ken Leung, American actor
• 1970 » Marina Foïs, French actress
• 1971 » Dmitri Khlestov, Russian footballer
• 1971 » Doug Edwards, American basketball player
• 1971 » Doug Weight, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1971 » Dylan Kussman, American actor
• 1971 » Rafael Berges, Spanish footballer
• 1971 » Sergey Klevchenya, Russian speed skater
• 1971 » Uni Arge, Faroese footballer and entertainer

• 1959 » Cecil B. DeMille, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Matt Moore, Irish-American actor and director (b. 1888)
• 1961 » Blaise Cendrars, Swiss author and poet (b. 1887)
• 1963 » Acharya Shivpujan Sahay, Indian author, poet, and academic (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Spiros Xenos, Greek-Swedish painter (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Gwynne Evans, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1880)
• 1967 » Ann Sheridan, American actress (b. 1915)
• 1968 » Will Lang, Jr., American journalist (b. 1914)
• 1977 » Sandro Penna, Italian poet and journalist (b. 1906)
• 1978 » Freda Utley, English scholar and author (b. 1898)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Robert
4. Marco
5. Peter
6. Marcel
7. Jeroen
8. Mark
9. Richard
10. Michael
11. Patrick
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. Karin
9. Saskia
10. Ingrid
11. Petra
12. Miranda
13. Yvonne
14. Linda
15. Astrid
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.
• April 17 » The Provisional Government of Bangladesh is formed.
• May 3 » Erich Honecker becomes First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, remaining in power until 1989.
• July 15 » The United Red Army is founded in Japan.
• July 26 » Apollo program: Launch of Apollo 15 on the first Apollo "J-Mission", and first use of a Lunar Roving Vehicle.
• November 22 » In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, the Cairngorm Plateau Disaster, five children and one of their leaders are found dead from exposure in the Scottish mountains.
• November 23 » Representatives of the People's Republic of China attend the United Nations, including the United Nations Security Council, for the first time.

The temperature on January 21, 1971 was between 2.3 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.