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• J.W. Kroes, Eibergen
• Robert DRAGT, Corona, Riverside County, Californië, Verenigde Staten († 1975)
• Dick van Ginkel († 1974)
• Olaf John De Blok, Amsterdam († 2015)
• Aukelien K. Zaagman († 1972)

• Dirk DIJKGRAAF (76), Burgh, Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland, Netherland
• Cecil Owen Bye (66), Jay County
• Aleida Maria (Lei) Otten (78), Nijmegen, Nederland
• Arie Bellis (52), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bauke Seldenthuis (76), Vreeswijk, Netherlands
• Durkie (Della) Burman (91), Anoka County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Helvoirt van (83), Tilburg
• Cornelia van Helvoort (83), Tilburg
• Colin Hugh Cameron (74), aged 74 years, Wellington, NSW, AU
• Catharina Elisabeth Willems (64), Antwerpen, Provincie Antwerpen, België

• 1970 » Audie Pitre, American singer and bass player († 1997)
• 1970 » Cal Wilson, New Zealand comedian, actress, and screenwriter
• 1970 » Josie Bissett, American actress
• 1970 » Matthew Knights, Australian footballer and coach
• 1970 » Tord Gustavsen, Norwegian pianist and composer
• 1971 » Mauricio Pellegrino, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1971 » Tonia Antoniazzi, British politician
• 1972 » Aaron Guiel, Canadian baseball player
• 1972 » Annely Akkermann, Estonian banker and politician
• 1972 » Grant Hill, American basketball player and actor

• 1967 » Clifton Williams, American astronaut (b. 1932)
• 1976 » Barbara Nichols, American actress (b. 1928)
• 1976 » Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Gloria Grahame, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1983 » Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded the Tupperware Corporation (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1985 » Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle (b. 1902)
• 1986 » Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (b. 1898)
• 1986 » James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1919)
• 1986 » Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver and accountant (b. 1947)

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.
• February 2 » Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
• September 8 » In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.
• September 21 » Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations.
• October 25 » The People's Republic of China replaces the Republic of China at the United Nations.
• 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.
• November 27 » The Soviet space program's Mars 2 orbiter releases a descent module. It malfunctions and crashes, but it is the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars.

The temperature on October 5, 1971 was between 1.0 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.