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• Marie Rose Stijl († 1976)
• Valarie Ann Langstraat († 1971)
• Valarie Ann Langstraat († 1971)
• Geeske Antoinette Marie van de Wetering, Ede, Nederland († 1971)

• Cornelia Elizabeth Johanna van der Ende (Vanderende) (56), Salt Lake City, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Tichem (84), Etten-Leur
• Anna Maria Schomakers (86), Wietmarschen, Deutschland
• Andries Johannes van der Linden (71), Leiden
• Bauke Stobbe (79), Emmeloord
• Anna Cornelia Ansems (81), Mortsel (België)
• Adriana Jerina Kakebeeke (75), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Camiel Vansteelandt (67), Lichtervelde
• Cornelia Maria Adriana Jansens (86), Superior, Douglas County, Winconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Elizabeth Johanna van der Ende (56), Salt Lake City,Salt Lake Co.,Utah,United States

• 1969 » Butch Leitzinger, American race car driver
• 1969 » Patrick Monahan, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1969 » Robert Sean Leonard, American actor
• 1969 » Sean Farrel, English footballer, forward
• 1970 » Daniel Handler, American journalist, author, and accordion player
• 1970 » Noureddine Morceli, Algerian runner
• 1971 » Junya Nakano, Japanese pianist and composer
• 1971 » Peter Stebbings, Canadian actor and director
• 1972 » Rory Cochrane, American actor
• 1972 » Ville Haapasalo, Finnish actor and screenwriter

• 1959 » Maxwell Anderson, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Rajendra Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st President of India (b. 1884)
• 1966 » Charles Bassett, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1931)
• 1966 » Elliot See, American commander, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)
• 1967 » Henry Luce, American publisher, co-founded Time Magazine (b. 1898)
• 1977 » Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American actor and comedian (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Eric Frank Russell, English author (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Zara Cully, American actress (b. 1892)
• 1983 » Winifred Atwell, Trinidadian pianist (b. 1910 or 1914)
• 1987 » Stephen Tennant, English author (b. 1906)

• 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.
• 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.
• June 7 » The United States Supreme Court overturns the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• July 5 » The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon.
• July 15 » The United Red Army is founded in Japan.
• September 3 » Qatar becomes an independent state.
• September 21 » Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations.

The temperature on February 28, 1971 was between -2.9 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.