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May 11, 1971Born on Wednesday May 12, 1971
- barbara doull, hilversum
- Marcos Spada e Souza, Brasil († 1971)
- Peterjan Joye, Menen († 2003)
- Jörg Friesenborg († 1989)
- Tanja van Tilburg, Zeist
Died on Wednesday May 12, 1971
- Alidoor Vuylsteke (84)
- Adrianus Cornelis Antonius Schilder (57), Bussum
- Cornelis Gerrit de KREEK (63)
- Catherine Livingstone Ross (87), Katanning Registration District, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
- Annie Dood (85)
- Anna Maria Dirkes (35), Groningen, Gro, Ned
- Cornelis van Walbeek (68), Abcoude, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Afra Bakker (96), Hoorn, Nederland
- Carolina de Haas (66), Arnhem
- Cornelia Maria Groeneveld (71), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 12, 1971 at Delpher
- De waarheid
- Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad
- Limburgsch dagblad
- Nederlands dagblad : gereformeerd gezinsblad / hoofdred. P. Jongeling ... [et al.]
- Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland
- De Telegraaf
- De tijd : dagblad voor Nederland
- Amigoe di Curacao : weekblad voor de Curacaosche eilanden
- De Telegraaf
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
Born on May 12
- 1969 » Kim Fields, American actress
- 1969 » Suzanne Clément, Canadian actress
- 1970 » David A. R. White, American actor and producer
- 1970 » Jim Furyk, American golfer
- 1970 » Mark Foster, English swimmer
- 1970 » Mike Weir, Canadian golfer
- 1970 » Samantha Mathis, American actress
- 1971 » Doug Basham, American wrestler
- 1971 » Jamie Luner, American actress
- 1972 » Christian Campbell, Canadian-American actor, writer and photographer
Died on May 12
- 1963 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (b. 1878)
- 1963 » Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (b. 1882)
- 1964 » Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor (b. 1875)
- 1966 » Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (b. 1896)
- 1967 » John Masefield, English poet and author (b. 1878)
- 1970 » Nelly Sachs, German poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
- 1971 » Heinie Manush, American baseball player and coach (b. 1901)
- 1973 » Art Pollard, American race car driver (b. 1927)
- 1973 » Frances Marion, American screenwriter, novelist and journalist (b. 1888)
- 1974 » Wayne Maki, Canadian National Hockey League player (b. 1944)
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Names that were popular for girls in 1971
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1971
- 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.
- January 31 » Apollo program: Apollo 14: Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell, aboard a Saturn V, lift off for a mission to the Fra Mauro Highlands on the Moon.
- February 2 » Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
- May 1 » Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service.
- May 30 » Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched to map 70% of the surface, and to study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of Mars.
- July 12 » The Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time.
- August 27 » An attempted coup d'état fails in the African nation of Chad. The Government of Chad accuses Egypt of playing a role in the attempt and breaks off diplomatic relations.
Weather May 12, 1971
The temperature on May 12, 1971 was between 10.2 °C and 27.4 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.