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• Frederik Meijer, Apeldoorn († 2004)
• Tiffany Ann LINDQUIST, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 1993)

• Afonsina Pereira do Lago (67), Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brasil
• aart langboom (74)
• Antje Olkes Jongsma (76), Steggerda, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Amon Pleasant Randolph CobFloraMontgomeryGlad (70), Monterey, Putnam, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana van der Hout (73)
• Antonius de Kok (80), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius Loogman (70), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Christina Karsten (78), Meppel
• Andreas Wilhelmus Speekenbrink (58)
• Barbara Zegers (64), Eindhoven, Nederland

• 1969 » Bobby Brown, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
• 1969 » Derek Stephen Prince, American voice actor
• 1969 » Michael Sheen, Welsh actor and director
• 1970 » Darren Lehmann, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1970 » Jean-Marc Jaumin, Belgian basketball player and coach
• 1971 » Michel Breistroff, French ice hockey player († 1996)
• 1971 » Sara Evans, American country singer
• 1972 » Brad Fittler, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1972 » Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
• 1973 » Richard Matvichuk, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1962 » Jacques Ibert, French-Swiss composer (b. 1890)
• 1967 » Leon Leonwood Bean, American businessman, founded L.L.Bean (b. 1872)
• 1969 » Thelma Ritter, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1970 » Rudy York, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1913)
• 1971 » Lew "Sneaky Pete" Robinson, drag racer (b. 1933)
• 1972 » Marianne Moore, American poet, author, critic, and translator (b. 1887)
• 1976 » Rudy Pompilli, American saxophonist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1926)
• 1977 » Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1894)
• 1981 » Ella T. Grasso, American politician, 83rd Governor of Connecticut (b. 1919)
• 1982 » Neil Aggett, Kenyan-South African physician and union leader (b. 1953)

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.
• February 9 » The 6.5–6.7 M_w  Sylmar earthquake hits the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 64 and injuring 2,000.
• June 30 » The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.
• July 26 » Apollo program: Launch of Apollo 15 on the first Apollo "J-Mission", and first use of a Lunar Roving Vehicle.
• September 9 » The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, eventually resulting in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.
• September 13 » Chairman Mao Zedong's second in command and successor Marshal Lin Biao flees the People's Republic of China after the failure of an alleged coup. His plane crashes in Mongolia, killing all aboard.
• September 29 » Oman joins the Arab League.

The temperature on February 5, 1971 was between 3.9 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.