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• Hans Boemaars, Breda († 1974)
• Craig Dudley RAY
• Kay Lehmann († 1993)
• Anna Wilhelmina Geertruida Barnard († 2007)
• Michelle Rosemarie Frank, Vancouver Prov. BC, Canada
• Willem Jan Bakker, Usquert
• Raphaël NYSSENS, Saint-Martin, 92107, Namur, Belgique († 1973)

• Dominick Verrastro (75), Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Maria Kleiren (68), Breda
• Clara Edelgarde van Arnim (87)
• Alta Jackson REMINGTON (76), Salt Lake City,Salt Lake County,Utah,Verenigde Staten
• Anthonia van Amstel (73), Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alwin Tempelman (2), De Krim
• Anna Cornelia Jurg (83), Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Charles Walter JENKS (82), Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Laurentius Chambon (69), 'sHertogenbosch
• Antoinette Franscica Maria Mutsaerts (83), Breda (Breda) (Noord-Brabant)

• 1969 » Justine Frischmann, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1970 » Mark Schultz, American singer-songwriter
• 1971 » Amy Poehler, American actress, comedian, and producer
• 1971 » Charlie Jacobs, chief executive officer of Delaware North's Boston Holdings
• 1971 » Joel Heyman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 » Richard Slinger, American wrestler
• 1971 » Shawntel Smith, American beauty pageant contestant
• 1972 » Alessandro Nunziati, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1972 » Mark Bruener, American football player
• 1972 » Mike Doyle, American actor and producer

• 1961 » Fatin Rüştü Zorlu, Turkish diplomat and politician, 21st Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1910)
• 1961 » Hasan Polatkan, Turkish politician, 15th Turkish Minister of Finance (b. 1915)
• 1965 » Ahn Eak-tai, North Korean composer and conductor (b. 1906)
• 1965 » Fred Quimby, American animator and producer (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, teacher and theatre director (b. 1932)
• 1976 » Bertha Lutz, Brazilian feminist and scientist (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
• 1977 » Maria Callas, Greek operatic soprano (b. 1923)
• 1980 » Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher (b. 1896)
• 1984 » Louis Réard, French engineer and fashion designer, created the bikini (b. 1897)

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.
• April 19 » Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station.
• April 23 » Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army and Razakars massacre approximately 3,000 Hindu emigrants in the Jathibhanga area of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
• August 18 » Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
• October 21 » A gas explosion kills 22 people at a shopping centre near Glasgow, Scotland.
• November 28 » Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan, is assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
• December 9 » Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Air Force executes an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defences.

The temperature on September 16, 1971 was between -0.7 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (88%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.