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• Janna Laura Sinterniklaas, Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Elisabeth Dirkje de Putter, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Coen Meenhorst, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Barbara BESCHUYT, Nieuwpoort († 1971)
• Patrick Gerardus Johannes Holterman, Raalte († 1976)
• Thomas Bakker († 1971)

• Berendina Gezina Meijer (92), Ambt Delden, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Anne Beverwijk (61), Assen,, Drenthe, Nederland
• Barbara BESCHUYT (0), Nieuwpoort
• Albini Bourbonnais (72)
• Aaltje Willems Struiksma (85), Bûtenpost, Friesland, Nederland
• Ben Stubbe (68), fortasse, somewhere in IA
• Adriana Damen (81), Kaatsheuvel
• Anna Elisa Maria Koets (63)
• ABRAHAM HOOGEVEEN (80), ROTTERDAM
• Antoinette de WASSEIGE (67), Namur, 5000, Namur, België

• 1967 » Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Georgia
• 1967 » Terry Mills, American basketball player and coach
• 1969 » Julie Delpy, French model, actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1969 » Mihails Zemļinskis, Latvian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1971 » Matthieu Chedid, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 » Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy, Indian Politician, 17th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
• 1973 » Irakli Alasania, Georgian colonel and politician, Georgian Minister of Defense
• 1973 » Matías Almeyda, Argentine footballer and manager
• 1974 » Karrie Webb, Australian golfer
• 1975 » Paloma Herrera, Argentinian ballerina

• 1958 » H.B. Warner, English actor (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Lion Feuchtwanger, German-American author and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1959 » Rosanjin, Japanese calligrapher, engraver, and painter (b. 1883)
• 1963 » Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer (b. 1880)
• 1965 » Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (b. 1891)
• 1968 » Vittorio Pozzo, Italian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1886)
• 1974 » Richard Long, American actor and director (b. 1927)
• 1982 » Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jullundhri, Pakistani poet and composer (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Paul de Man, Belgian-born philosopher, literary critic and theorist (b. 1919)

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.
• January 2 » The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match.
• January 25 » Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda's president.
• June 11 » The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control.
• July 31 » Apollo program: Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover.
• October 1 » Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.
• November 23 » Representatives of the People's Republic of China attend the United Nations, including the United Nations Security Council, for the first time.

The temperature on December 21, 1971 was between 9.8 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.