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• Leslie Taylor Wood [PPt], Dallas, Dallas County, Texas († 1971)
• Jason Dale Huffman, USA
• Oscar Kotte († 2014)
• Robert-Jan Peek, Amsterdam († 1986)

• Albert Kleinlugtenbeld (77), Ommen
• Anna Rutte (77)
• Charlotte Ann Margaret Lucy Hope-Vere (26)
• Anna Toll (67), Marion County
• Anthonij Jacobus de Graaf (77), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adolph M Benson, Marinette, Marinette, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Charlotte Roberta Ann Van Hover (67), Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Ava Johanna Catharina NEEFJES (71), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Petrus de Swart (46), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Kwant (85), Winschoten

• 1970 » Redman, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1971 » Claire Sweeney, English actress
• 1972 » Gary Bennett, American baseball player
• 1972 » Jennifer Garner, American actress
• 1972 » Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1972 » Terran Sandwith, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 » Tony Boselli, American football player and sportscaster
• 1972 » Yuichi Nishimura, Japanese footballer and referee
• 1973 » Brett Maher, Australian basketball player and sportscaster
• 1973 » Katrin Koov, Estonian architect

• 1960 » Eddie Cochran, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1938)
• 1961 » Elda Anderson, American physicist and health researcher (b. 1899)
• 1967 » Red Allen, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1908)
• 1975 » Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (b. 1888)
• 1976 » Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 1977 » William Conway, Irish cardinal (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Felix Pappalardi, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1939)
• 1984 » Claude Provost, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1933)
• 1987 » Cecil Harmsworth King, English publisher (b. 1901)
• 1987 » Dick Shawn, American actor (b. 1923)

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.
• October 28 » Prospero becomes the only British satellite to be launched by a British rocket.
• 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.
• December 7 » Pakistan President Yahya Khan announces the formation of a coalition government with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as Deputy Prime Minister.
• December 9 » Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Air Force executes an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defences.
• December 14 » Bangladesh Liberation War: Over 200 of East Pakistan's intellectuals are executed by the Pakistan Army and their local allies. (The date is commemorated in Bangladesh as Martyred Intellectuals Day.)

The temperature on April 17, 1971 was between 3.2 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.