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• Gerardus Hendricus Franciscus van der Burgt, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• David John Engelsma
• Sharda Bipat, Corantijnpolder, Nickerie-Suriname († 1974)
• Koen Van Droogenbroeck
• Marjon Hittema, Laren († 2009)
• Meluska Marie Boeldak
• Sander Jacobs, Vierlingsbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1988)

• Albert LEUSINK (92), Enschede
• Antonie SCHOLTE (85), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• A.H.G(Antonius) Arendsen (57)
• Armgard Kunigunde Alharda Agnes Oda Alharde von Sierstorpff-Cramm (87), Diepenheim, Hof van Twente, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arend Ossel (58), Sleen,Drenthe,Niederlande,Schoonoord
• Albertus Johannes Antonius Nusink (57), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Leusink (92), Enschede
• Anna Dickmeis (68)
• Anna Catharina Petronella Knoops (53), Venlo,, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Batista Antonius Maria Jacobs (58), Ontario

• 1967 » Curtis Joseph, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1967 » Marcel Albers, Dutch race car driver († 1992)
• 1968 » Carnie Wilson, American singer-songwriter
• 1968 » Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, 4th President of Croatia
• 1969 » Jack Mackenroth, American swimmer, model, and fashion designer
• 1970 » Andre Agassi, American tennis player
• 1970 » Uma Thurman, American actress
• 1972 » Dustin McDaniel, American lawyer and politician, 55th Arkansas Attorney General
• 1974 » Anggun, Diva Indonesia
• 1974 » Jasper Wood, Canadian violinist and educator

• 1964 » Rae Johnstone, Australian jockey (b. 1905)
• 1966 » Paula Strasberg, American actress, acting coach, and member of the Communist Party (b. 1909)
• 1966 » William Eccles, English physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1967 » J. B. Lenoir, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)
• 1968 » Lin Zhao, Chinese dissident and Christian executed during the Cultural Revolution (b. 1932)
• 1976 » Edvard Drabløs, Norwegian actor and director (b. 1883)
• 1978 » Theo Helfrich, German race car driver (b. 1913)
• 1979 » Hardie Gramatky, American author and illustrator (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Muhsin Ertuğrul, Turkish actor and director (b. 1892)
• 1980 » Alfred Hitchcock, English-American director and producer (b. 1899)

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 8 » The NASDAQ stock market index opens for the first time.
• April 5 » In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches a revolt against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
• May 31 » In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30.
• October 21 » A gas explosion kills 22 people at a shopping centre near Glasgow, Scotland.
• 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.
• November 28 » Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan, is assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

The temperature on April 29, 1971 was between -0.1 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.