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• Esther van Schepen
• Jan Dam († 2015)
• Marco Dinand Salomons († 1983)
• Geeske Seinen, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Ferry van Smirren, Rotterdam

• Adrianus Cornelius van Troost (78), SCHIEDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Roseboom (68), Wageningen
• Akke Adema (80), Boornbergum, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Petronell Vissers (81), Emmeloord, Nederland
• Catharina Johanna Krom, (64)
• Antonin Montel (80), Saint-Amand-Tallende, 63 Puy de Dôme, Auvergne, France
• Anna Catharina Maria van de Goorbergh (79), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Uitdenboogaart (92), Zwijndrecht
• Antoinette Hendrika Wind (73), Den Haag
• Catharina Baerents (48), Wassenaar

• 1968 » Graham Linehan, Irish comedian, actor, and author
• 1969 » Cathy McMorris Rodgers, American lawyer and politician
• 1970 » Brody Stevens, American comedian and actor († 2019)
• 1970 » Naomi Campbell, English model
• 1972 » Max Brooks, American author and screenwriter
• 1973 » Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Danish actor
• 1974 » Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukrainian politician
• 1974 » Garba Lawal, Nigerian footballer
• 1974 » Henrietta Ónodi, Hungarian Olympic gymnast
• 1975 » Salva Ballesta, Spanish footballer and manager

• 1965 » Christopher Stone, English radio host (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Tom Goddard, English cricketer (b. 1900)
• 1967 » Charlotte Serber, American Librarian of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos site (b. 1911)
• 1967 » Langston Hughes, American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright (b. 1902)
• 1972 » Cecil Day-Lewis, Anglo-Irish poet and author (b. 1904)
• 1972 » Margaret Rutherford, English actress (b. 1892)
• 1974 » Irmgard Flügge-Lotz, German-American mathematician and aerospace engineer (b. 1903)
• 1975 » Lefty Grove, American baseball player (b. 1900)
• 1982 » Cevdet Sunay, Turkish general and politician, 5th President of Turkey (b. 1899)
• 1983 » Albert Claude, Belgian biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)

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.
• January 1 » Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.
• January 2 » The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match.
• February 27 » Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start performing artificially-induced abortions.
• April 17 » The Provisional Government of Bangladesh is formed.
• 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.
• December 16 » The United Kingdom recognizes Bahrain's independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's National Day.

The temperature on May 22, 1971 was between 8.3 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.