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• Herma Tuitman, Usquert
• Aaldrik Jacob Frederik Veninga, Roswinkel
• Mathew Allen Salsman († 1990)
• Patricia Francisca de Moor, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2018)
• Catharina Kok, Utrecht
• Marco Edmond Coli, GorinchemGorkum († 1971)
• Gregory Nollet, Roubaix, 59 (F) († 2023)
• Esther Sabine Lagas, Zaandam († 1990)
• Peter Johan Hillebrands Dijkstra, Stiens, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1971)
• Lubbert Stefan Spaak

• Aleida Peters (49), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Charles Richard HOWARD (75), New Zealand
• Bouke Homan (85), Haren, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Wilhelmina Brugman (85), Alkemade (Oud Ade), Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Martinus Salman (51), Noordwijk
• Candida Garcia Duarte (86), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil
• Archie Edward Bercaw (66), Los Angeles (Los Angeles County) (California)
• Adrianus Adrianusz Baart (90), Middelharnis, zh.nld
• Aaltje - Alie Homburg (80), Amsterdam
• Charles William Ambler (77), Toronto Ontario Canada

• 1968 » Billy Crudup, American actor
• 1968 » Shane Howarth, New Zealand rugby player and coach
• 1969 » Sugizo, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
• 1970 » Beck, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1970 » Sylvain Gaudreault, Canadian educator and politician
• 1970 » Todd Martin, American tennis player and coach
• 1971 » Neil Jenkins, Welsh rugby player and coach
• 1972 » Karl Dykhuis, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 » Shōsuke Tanihara, Japanese actor
• 1972 » Sourav Ganguly, Indian cricketer

• 1965 » Thomas Sigismund Stribling, American lawyer and author (b. 1881)
• 1968 » Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player (b. 1882)
• 1971 » Kurt Reidemeister, German mathematician connected to the Vienna Circle (b. 1893)
• 1972 » Ghassan Kanafani, Palestinian writer and politician (b. 1936)
• 1973 » Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Education Minister of Israel (b. 1884)
• 1973 » Gene L. Coon, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1924)
• 1973 » Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer and coach (b. 1877)
• 1979 » Michael Wilding, English actor (b. 1912)
• 1979 » Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
• 1979 » Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (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. 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 8 » The NASDAQ stock market index opens for the first time.
• 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.
• July 12 » The Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time.
• November 21 » Indian troops, partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas), defeat the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur.
• December 9 » Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Air Force executes an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defences.
• 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 July 8, 1971 was between 13.8 °C and 28.6 °C and averaged 21.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 15.2 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.