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

• Appolonius Schouten (70), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arendina Troost (80), Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Christina Johanna (Stien) ZANDBERGEN (80), Leidschendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina (Tiena) Drenth (63)
• Corintha de Souza (71), São Paulo, Brasil
• Catharina Drenth (63), Nieuwe Pekela
• Antonius Josephus Duquesnoij (75), Waalwijk
• Catherina Petronella Theodora van Noort (54)
• Adrianus Persoons (75), Gilze
• Cornelis van der Sar (68), Haarlem, Nederland

• 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)

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. Jolanda
8. Saskia
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.
• March 7 » Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, political leader of then East Pakistan (present day-Bangladesh), delivers his historic 7th March speech in the Racecourse Field (Now Suhrawardy Udyan) in Dhaka.
• April 7 » President Richard Nixon announces his decision to quicken the pace of Vietnamization.
• October 29 » In Macon, Georgia, guitarist Duane Allman is killed in a motorcycle accident.
• November 10 » In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge forces attack the city of Phnom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging nine aircraft.
• November 18 » Oman declares its independence from United Kingdom.
• December 1 » Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray.

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.