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• Arnold van Maaren, Ridderkerk († 1973)
• René van de Vorst, Rozenburg († 2002)
• Louisa Francisca Helena van der Wielen, Rhenen
• Nicholas Robin FORD, Burnie, Tasmania, Australia († 1972)
• Arnold van Maaren, Ridderkerk († 1973)
• Jason Ronald ANDERSON, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 1979)
• Sander Henryk de Bruijn, Maassluis

• Anna Catharina Thielen (93)
• Antonia Adriana Coleta Maria Theresia Wijtvliet (51), Oudenbosch
• Anne Rinzema (65), Hollum (gem. Ameland)
• Alice DE RUYCK (60), Gent,9000,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Bouwelina Klazina Kwak (81), Vlaardingen
• Alewijn Ott (92), Nieuwe Niedorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Marinus Groeneveld (83), Utrecht
• Branca van Collem (86), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina Walda (85), Almelo
• Elisabeth Bogers (85), Halsteren

• 1968 » Patricia Arquette, French-Canadian Russian/Polish Jewish-American actress and director
• 1968 » Patricia Girard, French runner and hurdler
• 1968 » Tracy Grammer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1971 » Darren Jessee, American singer-songwriter and drummer
• 1972 » Paul Gray, American bass player and songwriter († 2010)
• 1972 » Sergei Magnitsky, Russian lawyer and accountant († 2009)
• 1973 » Emma Caulfield, American actress
• 1973 » Khaled Badra, Tunisian footballer
• 1974 » Nnedi Okorafor, Nigerian-American author and educator
• 1974 » Toutai Kefu, Tongan-Australian rugby player

• 1959 » Marios Makrionitis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens (b. 1913)
• 1961 » Joseph Carrodus, Australian public servant (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Juan Belmonte, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1892)
• 1965 » Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Zinaida Aksentyeva, Ukrainian astronomer (b. 1900)
• 1973 » Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1881)
• 1974 » James Charles McGuigan, Canadian cardinal (b. 1894)
• 1979 » Breece D'J Pancake, American short story writer (b. 1952)
• 1981 » Omar Bradley, American general (b. 1893)
• 1983 » Isamu Kosugi, Japanese actor and director (b. 1904)

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. Saskia
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 26 » U.N. Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
• March 1 » President of Pakistan Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.
• May 27 » The Dahlerau train disaster, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal.
• June 11 » The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control.
• June 30 » The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.
• October 29 » In Macon, Georgia, guitarist Duane Allman is killed in a motorcycle accident.

The temperature on April 8, 1971 was between 4.3 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.