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• John Vermetten, Hoogstraten (België) († 1978)
• Derk Jan Weller († 2013)
• Marc Johannes Bernardus Tibbe († 1987)
• Henriette Gerry Kruithof († 1988)
• Paul Weiller († 1975)
• Henriette Gerrie Kruithof, Heino,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1988)
• Derk-Jan Weller († 2013)
• Mariska Arijdina van den Heuvel († 1991)
• Peter Paesen
• Sela Josefina Nava Sanchez, Mexico City († 2017)

• Anna Trieller (68), Middelburg, Zeeland, NL
• Arie Jan Dubbeldam (71), Hardinxveld-Giessendam
• Annie de Wilt (35), Eindhoven, Nederland
• * Antonius Hendrikus Bernards (Bernarts) (86), Eindhoven
• Catharina Gerrits de Leeuw (85), Geldermalsen
• Arthur Ernest (Junior) Paillin (63), Leicester, Leicestershire, England
• Alberdina Geertruida Vosman (83), neede
• Anne Visser * (73)
• Augustinus Ludovicus TEUNEN (71), Lier, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Antonius Hendrikus Bernarts (86), Eindhoven

• 1969 » Alemayehu Atomsa, Ethiopian educator and politician († 2014)
• 1969 » Anneli Drecker, Norwegian singer and actress
• 1969 » Darren Aronofsky, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1969 » Hong Myung-bo, South Korean footballer and manager
• 1969 » Steve Backley, English javelin thrower
• 1970 » Bryan Roy, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1970 » Jim Creeggan, Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1970 » Judd Winick, American author and illustrator
• 1971 » Scott Menville, American voice actor, singer, actor and musician
• 1973 » Gianni Romme, Dutch speed skater

• 1960 » Oskar Anderson, Bulgarian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1887)
• 1970 » Clare Turlay Newberry, American author and illustrator (b. 1903)
• 1971 » James Cash Penney, American businessman and philanthropist, founded J. C. Penney (b. 1875)
• 1975 » Carl Lutz, Swiss vice-consul to Hungary during WWII, credited with saving over 62,000 Jews (b. 1895)
• 1976 » Sal Mineo, American actor (b. 1939)
• 1977 » Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher and scholar (b. 1894)
• 1979 » Jean Renoir, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1980 » Muriel Rukeyser, American poet and activist (b. 1913)
• 1982 » Victor Jory, Canadian-American actor (b. 1902)
• 1983 » Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer (b. 1887)

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. Hendrik

1. Sandra
2. Maria
3. Johanna
4. Monique
5. Esther
6. Anna
7. Saskia
8. Jolanda
9. Ingrid
10. Karin
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 15 » The decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day.
• May 31 » In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30.
• August 10 » The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.
• August 15 » President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
• November 14 » Mariner 9 enters orbit around Mars.
• December 8 » Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launches an attack on West Pakistan's port city of Karachi.

The temperature on February 12, 1971 was between 0.7 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.