About the day » Monday May 3, 1971Calender converter

• Paulus Henricus Rijsmus (later Rijsmus-Troost), Dordrecht-Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Gerrit van Es († 2017)
• Jantje Anneke Holtrop († 1972)
• Corien Groen
• Holger Christian Guido Grosch, Aschendorf († 2014)

• Clémentine de Solms-Sonnenwalde (90)
• Arie Louis van Geest (82), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• * Simon Petrus Brouwer (64), Amsterdam
• Berend Hoeksema (77), Gregory (Gregory County) (South Dakota)
• Clementine Gabriele Justine ZU SOLMS-SONNENWALDE (90), Lich
• Anno Bakker (85), Rottum, Kantens, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertus Schouman (64), Den Haag
• Anna Maria van Gorp (89), Breda
• Catharina Delemarre (88), Spierdijk
• Brazilia de Souza (70)

• 1966 » Frank Dietrich, German politician († 2011)
• 1966 » Giorgos Agorogiannis, Greek footballer
• 1967 » Daniel Anderson, Australian rugby league coach and manager
• 1967 » Kenneth Joel Hotz, Canadian producer, writer, director, actor, and comedian
• 1968 » Viliami Ofahengaue, Tongan-Australian rugby player
• 1971 » Douglas Carswell, British politician, the first elected MP for the UK Independence Party
• 1972 » Stephen Barclay, English lawyer and politician
• 1973 » Jamie Baulch, Welsh sprinter and television host
• 1975 » Willie Geist, American television journalist and host
• 1976 » Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player

• 1958 » Frank Foster, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Zakir Husain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd President of India (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk, Turkish footballer, coach, and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1972 » Bruce Cabot, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1972 » Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach (b. 1883)
• 1972 » Kenneth Bailey, Australian lawyer and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Canada (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Bill Downs, American journalist (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Nargis, Indian actress (b. 1929)
• 1986 » Robert Alda, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1987 » Dalida, Italian singer, actress, dancer, and model (b. 1933)

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. Saskia
8. Jolanda
9. Karin
10. Ingrid
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.
• August 5 » The first Pacific Islands Forum (then known as the "South Pacific Forum") is held in Wellington, New Zealand, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean.
• September 11 » The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.
• September 21 » Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations.
• October 25 » The People's Republic of China replaces the Republic of China at the United Nations.
• November 6 » The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
• December 8 » Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launches an attack on West Pakistan's port city of Karachi.

The temperature on May 3, 1971 was between 2.0 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (89%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.