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• DAVID JAN GORTER, LOCHEM († 2009)
• Margriet Gertrude van de Poll, Maastricht († 1994)
• Yvonne Bronckers, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 2016)
• Udo Frederik van den Heuvel, Gorinchem († 2022)
• Bianca Chantal van der Miessen, Haarlem,Haarlem,Noord Holland,Nederland († 2013)
• Alexandra Hielegems († 1971)
• Reina Molenberg, Groningen († 2012)
• Jan Harmen Harmens van der Veer († 2013)
• Bianca Chantal van der Miessen, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Alexandra Hielegems († 1971)

• Adrianus Persoons (75), Gilze en Rijen
• Christianus Jacobus Marianus (Cit) Elders (64), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Egberts (75), Westervelde
• Alexis Victor AUDEON (63), Lagny-sur-Marne, 77400, France
• Valkering (19), Limmen
• Catherina Petronella Theodora van Noort (54)
• Antonius Josephus Duquesnoij (75), Waalwijk
• Christina Johanna (Stien) ZANDBERGEN (80), Leidschendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Willebordus Bergmans (78), Heerlen
• Carl W Kettel (76)

• 1969 » David Douillet, French martial artist and politician
• 1969 » Vasily Kudinov, Russian handball player († 2017)
• 1970 » Dominic Purcell, English-born Irish-Australian actor and producer
• 1971 » Denise Richards, American model and actress
• 1972 » Billie Joe Armstrong, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer
• 1972 » Lars Göran Petrov, Swedish singer and drummer
• 1972 » Philippe Candeloro, French figure skater
• 1972 » Taylor Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and drummer
• 1972 » Valeria Mazza, Argentinian model and businesswoman
• 1973 » Goran Bunjevčević, Serbian FR Yugoslavia international footballer, defender († 2018)

• 1961 » Lütfi Kırdar, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Nita Naldi, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1962 » Bruno Walter, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1876)
• 1962 » Joseph Kearns, American actor (b. 1907)
• 1966 » Hans Hofmann, German-American painter (b. 1880)
• 1970 » Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1972 » Friday Hassler, American race car driver (b. 1935)
• 1977 » Janani Luwum, Ugandan archbishop and saint (b. 1922)
• 1979 » William Gargan, American actor (b. 1905)

• 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.
• February 3 » New York Police Officer Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption.
• April 23 » Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army and Razakars massacre approximately 3,000 Hindu emigrants in the Jathibhanga area of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
• May 3 » Erich Honecker becomes First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, remaining in power until 1989.
• 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 2 » Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm al-Quwain form the United Arab Emirates.

The temperature on February 17, 1971 was between -3.0 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.