About the day » Thursday January 7, 1971Calender converter

• Dirk Jan Cnossen, Wijtgaard, Friesland, Nederland († 1971)
• Matthew Francis Innes, Aucland († 1994)
• Claudia Helena TERMOND, Amstelveen, Nederland
• Patrick Jules Simon Boetzkes († 2013)
• Linda Dijkhuis, Manderveen († 2019)

• Cornelis Hartog (78), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina IJda Timmerman (81), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Leo Edmondus Julius Trypsteen (76), Veurne
• Arie van der Endt (75), Maassluis, Nederland
• Cornelis Bruggink (66), Dinxperlo
• Johannes Spijksma (69), Bolsward
• Anne de Vries (86)
• Aaltje van der Plas (91), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Martina Menning (53), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelia Eleonora Christina van Otterloo (87), Rotterdam

• 1965 » Alessandro Lambruschini, Italian runner
• 1967 » Nick Clegg, English academic and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1969 » Marco Simone, Italian footballer and manager
• 1970 » Andy Burnham, English politician
• 1971 » Jeremy Renner, American actor
• 1972 » Donald Brashear, American-Canadian ice hockey player and mixed martial artist
• 1974 » Alenka Bikar, Slovenian sprinter and politician
• 1976 » Alfonso Soriano, Dominican baseball player
• 1976 » Vic Darchinyan, Armenian-Australian boxer
• 1977 » Sofi Oksanen, Finnish author and playwright

• 1960 » Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, English tennis player and coach (b. 1878)
• 1963 » Arthur Edward Moore, New Zealand-Australian farmer and politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
• 1964 » Reg Parnell, English racing driver and manager (b. 1911)
• 1967 » Carl Schuricht, German-Swiss conductor (b. 1880)
• 1967 » David Goodis, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)
• 1968 » J. L. B. Smith, South African chemist and academic (b. 1897)
• 1972 » John Berryman, American poet and scholar (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Alvar Lidell, English journalist and radio announcer(b. 1908)
• 1981 » Eric Robinson, Australian businessman and politician, 2nd Australian Minister for Finance (b. 1926)
• 1984 » Alfred Kastler, German-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)

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 2 » Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
• February 8 » South Vietnamese ground troops launch an incursion into Laos to try to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail and stop communist infiltration.
• 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.
• April 19 » Charles Manson is sentenced to death (later commuted to life imprisonment) for conspiracy in the Tate–LaBianca murders.
• August 18 » Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
• October 1 » Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.

The temperature on January 7, 1971 was between -4.4 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.