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• Jan Leendert Verdouw, Rotterdam († 2005)
• Toine Vos, Wouwse Plantage († 1983)
• Deborah Sophia van der Steen, Bilthoven, Utrecht, Nederland
• Lowie Theos Alferink, Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 2016)
• Ilse Meijer, Zandvoort
• Lowie Alferink († 2016)

• "Albrecht" Carl Hilmar Martin Hans Georg von Maltzan (69), Göttingen, Allemagne
• Adrianus Mol (73)
• abraham cornelis STOUTJESDIJK (78), rotterdam
• Adriana Plokker (78), Katwijk
• Albrecht, Freiherr von Maltzahn (69)
• Albrecht Carl Hilmar Martin Hans Georg VON MALTZAHN (69), Göttingen
• Adrianus Braat (70), Sevenum
• Albrecht VAN MALTZAHN (69)
• Antonia Sibilla Taffijn (69), Leiden
• Adriana de Rooij (77), Sprang-Capelle

• 1968 » Moira Kelly, American actress and director
• 1971 » Darrick Martin, American basketball player and coach
• 1972 » Jaret Reddick, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1972 » Shaquille O'Neal, American basketball player, actor, and rapper
• 1973 » Greg Ostertag, American basketball player
• 1973 » Michael Finley, American basketball player
• 1973 » Peter Lindgren, Swedish guitarist and songwriter
• 1973 » Trent Willmon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1974 » Guy Garvey, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1974 » Matthew Guy, Australian politician

• 1964 » Paul of Greece (b. 1901)
• 1965 » Margaret Dumont, American actress (b. 1889)
• 1967 » John Haden Badley, English author and educator, founded the Bedales School (b. 1865)
• 1967 » Nelson Eddy, American actor and singer (b. 1901)
• 1967 » Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, linguist, and philosopher (b. 1882)
• 1970 » William Hopper, American actor (b. 1915)
• 1973 » Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, essayist, short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1974 » Ernest Becker, American anthropologist and author (b. 1924)
• 1976 » Maxie Rosenbloom, American boxer (b. 1903)
• 1977 » Alvin R. Dyer, American religious leader (b. 1903)

• 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.
• July 31 » Apollo program: Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover.
• October 21 » A gas explosion kills 22 people at a shopping centre near Glasgow, Scotland.
• November 12 » Vietnam War: As part of Vietnamization, US President Richard Nixon sets February 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam.
• November 30 » Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the Emirates of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah.
• December 9 » Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Air Force executes an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defences.
• December 16 » The United Kingdom recognizes Bahrain's independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's National Day.

The temperature on March 6, 1971 was between -11.6 °C and -3.2 °C and averaged -7.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (75%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.