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• Jose Heesakkers, Abcoude
• Guillaume Depardieu († 2008)
• Arjan Veerman, Warmenhuizen († 2000)
• N.n. Post, Urk († 1971)
• Ronald Adolf Klaasse, Hansweert, Zeeland, Nederland
• Stephan Schäfer, Heinsberg (Dld)
• George Adrianus Lucienne Bruijs, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2012)
• Ryan Gene Heynen, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2011)
• Tanya Marie Odom, Sioux City, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1971)
• Guillaume Jean Maxime Antoine Depardieu, Paris († 2008)

• Antonia Halfwerk (86), Zwolle
• Anton ARENTS (92), Groesbeek
• Anna Maria Greeven (60), Pellenberg, België
• Ardina Hoezen (72), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Barbara Groepenhoff (56), Amsterdam,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Albert Huisman (78), Assen
• Adriana Wilhelmina Keus (71), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alberdina Jannetje van Rangelrooij (89), Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Perdok (71), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Augustinus MERTENS (82), Mol Belgie

• 1969 » Ricky Watters, American football player
• 1970 » Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian pianist and educator
• 1971 » Guillaume Depardieu, French actor († 2008)
• 1971 » Victor Kraatz, German-Canadian figure skater
• 1972 » Tim Peake, British astronaut
• 1973 » Brett Tomko, American baseball player
• 1973 » Carole Montillet, French skier
• 1973 » Christian O'Connell, British radio DJ and presenter
• 1973 » Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence
• 1973 » Marco Delvecchio, Italian footballer

• 1960 » Henri Guisan, Swiss general (b. 1874)
• 1965 » Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919)
• 1966 » Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (b. 1919)
• 1968 » Edwin Baker, Canadian co-founder of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) (b. 1893)
• 1968 » Jim Clark, Scottish race car driver (b. 1936)
• 1972 » Abeid Karume, Tanzanian politician, 1st President of Zanzibar (b. 1905)
• 1972 » Joe Gallo, American gangster (b. 1929)
• 1981 » Kit Lambert, English record producer and manager (b. 1935)
• 1981 » Norman Taurog, American director and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1982 » Harald Ertl, Austrian race car driver and journalist (b. 1948)

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. Saskia
7. Anna
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 9 » Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing.
• February 9 » Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame.
• April 10 » Ping-pong diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a week-long visit.
• July 30 » Apollo program: Apollo 15 Mission: David Scott and James Irwin on the Apollo Lunar Module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover.
• August 21 » A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
• September 13 » State police and National Guardsmen storm New York's Attica Prison to quell a prison revolt, which claimed 43 lives.

The temperature on April 7, 1971 was between 4.2 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.