About the day » Thursday May 27, 1971Calender converter

• Gerard Cornelis Weggemans, Tholen
• Brian William WOOD, Artesia Los Angeles County California U.S.A († 2003)
• Menno Frank Oranje, Zaandam(NH) († 2013)
• Angelika Eugenie Hilbig, Lippstadt, Kreis Soest, Regierungsbezirk Arnsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Brian William Simmons, Artesia, CA
• Doret Brouwer, Groningen (Groningen) († 1971)
• yvonne lenders, helden-panningen
• Stephanie Catharina Maria Graaumans, Eindhoven († 1975)
• Brouwer, Groningen († 1971)
• Kathryn Ann Huls, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa († 2022)

• Antonie Zegveld (86), Oosterbeek, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Carrie van der Molen (83), Oakwood-Iowa (USA)
• Christiaan Nijhuis (72), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Elisabeth van Hemricourt de Mozet-Pinchart de Grünne (88), Parijs
• Anna Brockskothen (88)
• Cornelia Stam (66), Hoorn
• Anne DE HEMRICOURT DE GRUNNE (88), Paris Île-de-France France
• Adrianus Bernardus Mutsaers (54), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Benjamin Franklin Brower Sr (81), Utica, Oneida County, New York, United States of America
• Christiana Wilhelmina Josepha Francisca Alsemgeest (62), Delft

• 1970 » Michele Bartoli, Italian cyclist
• 1971 » Grant Stafford, South African tennis player
• 1971 » Kaur Kender, Estonian author
• 1971 » Lee Sharpe, English footballer
• 1971 » Lisa Lopes, American rapper and dancer († 2002)
• 1971 » Mathew Batsiua, Nauruan politician
• 1971 » Paul Bettany, English actor
• 1971 » Petroc Trelawny, British radio and television broadcaster
• 1971 » Sophie Walker, British politician, leader of the Women's Equality Party
• 1971 » Wayne Carey, Australian footballer and coach

• 1960 » James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (b. 1912)
• 1964 » Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (b. 1889)
• 1967 » Ernst Niekisch, German academic and politician (b. 1889)
• 1967 » W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator (b. 1880)
• 1969 » Jeffrey Hunter, American actor and producer (b. 1926)
• 1971 » Armando Picchi, Italian footballer and coach (b. 1935)
• 1971 » Béla Juhos, Hungarian-Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1901)
• 1980 » Gün Sazak, Turkish agronomist and politician (b. 1932)
• 1984 » Vasilije Mokranjac, Serbian composer (b. 1923)

• 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 1 » Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.
• May 26 » Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army slaughters at least 71 Hindus in Burunga, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
• August 10 » The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.
• October 21 » A gas explosion kills 22 people at a shopping centre near Glasgow, Scotland.
• November 14 » Mariner 9 enters orbit around Mars.
• December 4 » The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi.

The temperature on May 27, 1971 was between 9.4 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 14.2 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.