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• Serge Paul Cartier van Dissel, Luanshya, Zambia
• Nanda Louisa van Dijk, Den Haag († 1981)
• Fabya Noëlle van den Berg
• 'n Levenloos geboren zoon van Lek, Ter Aar (Langeraar) († 1971)
• Jasper den Adel († 1995)
• Anja Marianne Hoek, Noordwijk (Marum), Groningen, Nederland († 2018)
• Anja Marianne Hoek, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Guido Johannes Anna Antonius Crapts, Maastricht († 1983)

• Cleno Machado (59), Lapa, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Arthur Hubert Luyck (78), Hasselt, België
• Berendina van den Brink (83), Almen, Nederland
• Corinus Jacobus Hoek (87), Roermond, Limburg, Nederland
• 'n Levenloos geboren zoon van Lek (0), Ter Aar (Langeraar)
• Cornelia Johanna Gerarda van Rijswijk (69), Tilburg
• Antje Meyer (72), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelia Johanna Gerarda van Rijswijk (69), Tilburg, NB, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hubertina van Bergen (84), Tegelen
• Aagje Swakman (78), Alkmaar

• 1969 » Isaac Viciosa, Spanish runner
• 1970 » James Mercer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1971 » Jared Leto, American actor and musician
• 1971 » Mika Nurmela, Finnish footballer
• 1971 » Tatiana Sorokko, Russian-American model and journalist
• 1972 » Esteban Fuertes, Argentinian footballer
• 1972 » Robert Muchamore, English author
• 1973 » Gianluca Faliva, Italian rugby player
• 1973 » Nobuhiko Matsunaka, Japanese baseball player
• 1973 » Paulo Frederico Benevenute, Brazilian footballer

• 1966 » Guillermo Stábile, Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1905)
• 1966 » Herbert Otto Gille, German general (b. 1897)
• 1966 » Ina Boudier-Bakker, Dutch author (b. 1875)
• 1968 » Weegee, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (b. 1898)
• 1970 » Lillian Board, South African-English runner (b. 1948)
• 1972 » Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States (b. 1884)
• 1973 » Harold B. Lee, American religious leader, 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)
• 1974 » Farid al-Atrash, Syrian-Egyptian singer-songwriter, oud player, and actor (b. 1915)
• 1974 » Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton, Scottish admiral (b. 1890)
• 1974 » Jack Benny, American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, and violinist (b. 1894)

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. 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.
• January 22 » The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations, is issued.
• March 25 » The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.
• April 10 » Ping-pong diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a week-long visit.
• August 9 » The Troubles: The British Army in Northern Ireland launches Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested and interned, thousands are displaced, and twenty are killed in the violence that followed.
• August 21 » A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
• November 15 » Intel releases the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.

The temperature on December 26, 1971 was between 0.4 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.