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• Jeanot Camille Welling, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Eelke DOTINGA, Sneek Friesland Netherlands († 1989)
• Harrie van der Wal, Boskamp,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1985)
• Eelke (Eddie) Dotinga, Sneek († 1989)
• Jorg Elieeser Wittebrood, Colombia († 2001)
• Eelke Corneliszn. Dotinga, Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 1989)
• Tom Tukkers, Denekamp, Dinkelland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Raf Corstjens

• Beatrix Maria Harrington (80), Madrid
• Christiaan Josephus Broskij (64), Heerlen
• Beatrice Mary Harrington (90), Mortlake, Surrey, England
• AUGUST EDWARD VETTER (70), 'S-GRAVENHAGE
• Ekaterina Alexandrovna Derujinskaya (76)
• Antonius Caspert Smeehuijzen (73), Rotterdam
• Edna J. Grant (73), Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Agnes Christina McDonald (71), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Albertje Meyer (85), Drachten, Friesland, Nederland
• Benjamin Henry Teselle (87), Firth, Lancaster County, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten

• 1969 » Vítor Baía, Portuguese footballer
• 1970 » Eric Benét, American musician
• 1970 » Ginuwine, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
• 1970 » Pernilla Wiberg, Swedish skier
• 1971 » Andy Cole, English footballer and coach
• 1971 » Joey Abs, American wrestler
• 1971 » Lauri Pilter, Estonian author and translator
• 1972 » Fred Hoiberg, American basketball player and coach
• 1972 » Matt Keeslar, American actor
• 1972 » Michél Mazingu-Dinzey, German-Congolese footballer and manager

• 1961 » Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', Indian poet and author (b. 1896)
• 1963 » Horton Smith, American golfer and captain (b. 1908)
• 1964 » Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter (b. 1891)
• 1965 » Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician and academic (b. 1891)
• 1966 » Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1876)
• 1968 » Virginia Lee Burton, American author and illustrator (b. 1909)
• 1976 » Carlo Gambino, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1978 » W. Eugene Smith, American photojournalist (b. 1918)
• 1980 » Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek footballer and volleyball player (b. 1896)
• 1980 » Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1900)

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 15 » The decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day.
• May 13 » Over 900 unarmed Bengali Hindus are murdered in the Demra massacre.
• July 30 » An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Iwate, Japan killing 162.
• September 28 » The Parliament of the UK passes the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, banning the medicinal use of cannabis.
• November 22 » In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, the Cairngorm Plateau Disaster, five children and one of their leaders are found dead from exposure in the Scottish mountains.
• December 8 » Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launches an attack on West Pakistan's port city of Karachi.

The temperature on October 15, 1971 was between -2.2 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.