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• Gerd Missotten, Hasselt, België († 1994)
• Jody Rebecca Taylor Kittrell [Ks], Gates County, North Carolina ql
• Herman Boekelo († 2004)
• Edwin Blom, Vierpolders
• Santiago Ruspoli, Madrid († 1996)
• Mariska de Pree, Terneuzen, ZL.NL († 2024)
• Mirjam Geesina Faber, Wagenborgen, Groningen, Nederland
• Edwin Jacob Leonard Wenink, Leiden († 2002)
• David Dewit, Lommel († 1971)
• David Dewit, Lommel († 1971)

• Adriana Lievense (73), Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL
• Cornelius Wesselius (85)
• Aart Kamphuis (53), Epe
• Cornelia Maria van de GRIEND (43), Vlaardingen
• Anna Tramper (66), Krabbendijke, ZL, NL
• Adriana Johanna Leijtens (76), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Betty June Zuel (46)
• Aart Koren (82), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, NL
• David Dewit (0), Lommel
• Christiaan Johannes van Dorst (60), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1968 » Adam Schmitt, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
• 1969 » Mark Crossley, English-Welsh footballer and manager
• 1969 » Shami Chakrabarti, English lawyer and academic
• 1970 » Clifton Collins Jr., American actor
• 1970 » Cobi Jones, American soccer player and manager
• 1970 » Phil Mickelson, American golfer
• 1970 » Younus AlGohar, Pakistani poet and academic, co-founded Messiah Foundation International
• 1971 » Tupac Shakur, American rapper and producer († 1996)
• 1972 » Kiko Loureiro, Brazilian guitarist
• 1973 » Eddie Cibrian, American actor

• 1961 » Marcel Junod, Swiss physician and anesthesiologist (b. 1904)
• 1967 » Reginald Denny, English actor (b. 1891)
• 1969 » Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (b. 1891)
• 1970 » Brian Piccolo, American football player (b. 1943)
• 1970 » Sydney Chapman, English mathematician and geophysicist (b. 1888)
• 1971 » John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC (b. 1889)
• 1974 » Amalie Sara Colquhoun, Australian landscape and portrait painter (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer (b. 1912)
• 1979 » Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Ghanaian general and politician, 6th Head of state of Ghana (b. 1931)
• 1979 » Nicholas Ray, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1911)

• 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 12 » The Harrisburg Seven: Rev. Philip Berrigan and five other activists are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
• February 8 » The NASDAQ stock market index opens for the first time.
• March 25 » The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.
• May 26 » Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army slaughters at least 71 Hindus in Burunga, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
• July 15 » The United Red Army is founded in Japan.
• September 15 » The first Greenpeace ship sets sail to protest against nuclear testing on Amchitka Island.

The temperature on June 16, 1971 was between 7.4 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.