About the day » Thursday February 18, 1971Calender converter

• Wietsia van Gijzen († 2013)
• Aartje Remmers, Apeldoorn († 1971)
• Stella Walthaus († 1993)
• Césare Post, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Andries Pieters Brouwer, Katlijk, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland († 2013)
• Stella Walthaus († 1993)
• Gerardus Ronald VLASMA, Dokkum Friesland Netherlands († 1996)

• Antoon Nijs (50), Haarlem
• Aagje Kok (82), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna G De Graaff (75), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Lena Johanna Petri (78), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius Hubertus Caris (73), Nederweert,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anthony Walter Kwiatkowski (84), Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Lena Johanna PETRI (78), Utrecht (Utrecht), Nederland
• Barendina Johanna van Binsbergen (74), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christina van den Barg (84)
• Aaltje Olijdam (97), Hengelo {GE}

• 1969 » Alexander Mogilny, Russian-American ice hockey player
• 1969 » Tomaž Humar, Slovenian mountaineer († 2009)
• 1970 » James H. Fowler, American political scientist and author
• 1970 » Massimo Taibi, Italian footballer
• 1970 » Raine Maida, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1970 » Susan Egan, American actress and singer
• 1971 » Merritt Gant, American guitarist
• 1971 » Thomas Bjorn, Danish golfer
• 1972 » Fabian Picardo, Gibraltarian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Gibraltar
• 1973 » Shawn Estes, American baseball player and sportscaster

• 1960 » Gertrude Vanderbilt, American stage actress (b. c. 1885)
• 1964 » Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. (b. 1907)
• 1966 » Robert Rossen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 1967 » J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (b. 1904)
• 1969 » Dragiša Cvetković, Serbian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1893)
• 1973 » Frank Costello, Italian-American gangster (b. 1891)
• 1976 » Wallace Berman, American painter and illustrator (b. 1926)
• 1977 » Andy Devine, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Maggie McNamara, American actress (b. 1928)
• 1981 » Jack Northrop, American engineer and businessman, founded the Northrop Corporation (b. 1895)

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 2 » Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
• February 9 » The 6.5–6.7 M_w  Sylmar earthquake hits the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 64 and injuring 2,000.
• May 3 » Erich Honecker becomes First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, remaining in power until 1989.
• October 12 » The 2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire begins.
• November 30 » Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the Emirates of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah.
• December 16 » Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The ceasefire of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as Victory Day in Bangladesh, and as Vijay Diwas in India.

The temperature on February 18, 1971 was between 1.8 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.