About the day » Sunday March 21, 1971Calender converter

• Rinaldo Klasens († 1971)

• Akke Sakes Dijkstra (94)
• Anna Maas (70), Noordwijk
• Antoinetta Hendrika WIND (73), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berta Surenbroek (69), Amsterdam
• Atte Siebenga (78), Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoon Gennisse (69), Maastricht, The Netherlands
• Arendina Estié (80)
• Aafke Jelles Stellingwerf (71), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Aukje Gerbens van der Veen (82), ,, Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Bart Sijmen Marinus EIJKELBOOM (73)

• 1969 » Jonah Goldberg, American journalist and author
• 1970 » Cenk Uygur, Turkish-American political activist
• 1970 » Shiho Niiyama, Japanese voice actress († 2000)
• 1971 » Zsolt Kürtösi, Hungarian decathlete
• 1972 » Balázs Kiss, Hungarian hammer thrower
• 1972 » Chris Candido, American wrestler († 2005)
• 1972 » Derartu Tulu, Ethiopian runner
• 1972 » Graeme Welch, English cricketer
• 1973 » Ananda Lewis, American television host
• 1973 » Stuart Nethercott, English footballer, defender and manager

• 1953 » Ed Voss, American basketball player (b. 1922)
• 1956 » Hatı Çırpan, Turkish politician (b. 1890)
• 1958 » Cyril M. Kornbluth, American soldier and author (b. 1923)
• 1970 » Manolis Chiotis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1920)
• 1975 » Joe Medwick, American baseball player and coach (b. 1911)
• 1978 » Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, President of Ireland (b. 1911)
• 1980 » Peter Stoner, American mathematician and astronomer (b. 1888)
• 1985 » Michael Redgrave, English actor, director, and manager (b. 1908)
• 1987 » Robert Preston, American captain, actor, and singer (b. 1918)
• 1987 » Walter L. Gordon, Canadian accountant, lawyer, and politician, 22nd Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1906)

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 21 » The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.
• February 21 » The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna.
• February 24 » The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed three days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.
• April 1 » Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre over 1,000 people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.
• August 1 » The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
• November 24 » During a severe thunderstorm over Washington state, a hijacker calling himself Dan Cooper (aka D. B. Cooper) parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane with $200,000 in ransom money. He has never been found.

The temperature on March 21, 1971 was between 4.3 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.