About the day » Wednesday May 5, 1971Calender converter

• Tryfosa Zippora Können, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Frans Gerrit Naaktgeboren († 1971)
• Martin Koerts, Harderwijk, Nederland († 2006)
• Marielle Peters, Venlo

• Antje Jongbloed (66), Valthermond, Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe (NL)
• Cornelis van Noort (75), Rotterdam
• Adelaid WILLENBORG (89), Dyersville,Iowa
• Christiaan Nicolaas Schmidt (82), Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Aaltje Kikkert (65), Hoogeveen, Nederland
• Bertha Griffith (71)
• Cornelis Adrianus Vermolen (79), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Commerina (Rina) Prins (77), Voorburg, Leidschendam-Voorburg, South Holland, The Netherlands
• Adriaan Antonius Franciscus van Dijk (76), Nijmegen
• Akke Jans Kooistra (75), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• 1967 » Adam Hughes, American author and illustrator
• 1967 » Alexis Sinduhije, Burundian journalist and politician
• 1969 » Pieter Muller, South African rugby player
• 1970 » Kyan Douglas, American television host and author
• 1970 » Todd Newton, American game show host
• 1971 » Harold Miner, American basketball player
• 1971 » Mike Redmond, American baseball player and manager
• 1972 » Žigmund Pálffy, Slovakian ice hockey player
• 1972 » James Cracknell, English rower
• 1972 » Mikael Renberg, Swedish ice hockey player

• 1959 » Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1965 » John Waters, American director and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1965 » Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer (b. 1915)
• 1971 » Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (b. 1887)
• 1973 » Zekai Özger, Turkish poet and academic (b. 1948)
• 1977 » Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1981 » Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer and hunger striker (b. 1954)
• 1983 » Horst Schumann, German physician (b. 1901)
• 1983 » John Williams, English-American actor (b. 1903)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Robert
4. Marco
5. Peter
6. Marcel
7. Jeroen
8. Mark
9. Richard
10. Patrick
11. Michael
12. Edwin
13. Pieter
14. Cornelis
15. David
16. Johan

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.
• January 21 » The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.
• February 2 » Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
• July 30 » Apollo program: Apollo 15 Mission: David Scott and James Irwin on the Apollo Lunar Module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover.
• July 31 » Apollo program: Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover.
• October 29 » In Macon, Georgia, guitarist Duane Allman is killed in a motorcycle accident.
• December 2 » Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm al-Quwain form the United Arab Emirates.

The temperature on May 5, 1971 was between 6.8 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.