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• Harmina Johanna Knegtel, Apeldoorn, GE Netherlands († 2019)
• Michiel Boeschoten, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland († 2008)
• Johanna Neeltje de Boer, Stavoren († 1988)
• Emmy Brus, Schijndel († 1999)
• Emmy Brus, Schijndel († 1999)
• Laurens Björn Alexander Kuhbier, Germany († 1989)
• Johanna Neeltje de Boer, Stavoren († 1988)
• Jelle Hans Hantjes Reitsma, Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 2008)

• Cécile DEMEULEMEESTER (19), Amougies, Belgique
• Alphonsus Henricus Kerkhofs (87), Overpelt (B)
• Augusta Becker da Rosa (82), Jacarezinho, Paraná, Brasil
• Aaltje Faber (67), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje van Slooten (75), Leek
• Antonie Harpman (80), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje van der Berg (85), -
• Adriana Clara Wilhelmina Maria Deckers (90)
• Aarnoud Aart Pol (63)
• Alida Alblas (82), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1965 » Bjørn Lomborg, Danish author and academic
• 1966 » Attilio Lombardo, Italian footballer and manager
• 1966 » Sharon Cuneta, Filipino singer and actress
• 1967 » A. R. Rahman, Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician and philanthropist
• 1968 » John Singleton, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2019)
• 1969 » Norman Reedus, American actor and model
• 1970 » Julie Chen, American television journalist, presenter, and producer
• 1970 » Radoslav Látal, Czech footballer and manager
• 1973 » Vasso Karantasiou, Greek beach volleyball player
• 1976 » Richard Zedník, Slovak ice hockey player

• 1949 » Victor Fleming, American director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1883)
• 1966 » Jean Lurçat, French painter (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Chen Yi, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (b. 1901)
• 1974 » David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (b. 1896)
• 1978 » Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (b. 1899)
• 1981 » A. J. Cronin, Scottish physician and author (b. 1896)
• 1984 » Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1898)
• 1990 » Ian Charleson, Scottish-English actor (b. 1949)
• 1990 » Pavel Cherenkov, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1993 » Dizzy Gillespie, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (b. 1917)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Robert
4. Marco
5. Peter
6. Marcel
7. Jeroen
8. Mark
9. Richard
10. Michael
11. Patrick
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. 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.
• March 25 » The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.
• 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).
• June 11 » The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control.
• December 7 » Pakistan President Yahya Khan announces the formation of a coalition government with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as Deputy Prime Minister.
• December 7 » The Battle of Sylhet is fought between the Pakistani military and the Mukti Bahini.

The temperature on January 6, 1971 was between -12.5 °C and -4.4 °C and averaged -8.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.