About the day » Thursday June 17, 1971Calender converter

• Marcel Nijdam, Leeuwarden († 1971)
• Lenny van Heertum, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2013)
• Izmo Boeldak, Curaçao
• Iris Brouwer, Zwolle
• Paul(Paul) Zuydweg, Schalkhaar
• NN Mulderij, Apeldoorn
• astrid melkert, venlo

• Adriana Petronella van Esch (72), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dirk Broer (81), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Alfons Van Beurden (62), Antwerp,Antwerp,Belgium
• Anton Neijenhuis (86), Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catherina Maria Godron (46), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernard Heinrich Müller (44), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adolf Eisses (51), Haren, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonia Jacoba Catharina Aulike (81), Bussum
• EDMOND ELISABETH BRUGGEMAN (44), GENT,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Albert van Ravenzwaaij (81), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1969 » Geoff Toovey, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1969 » Paul Tergat, Kenyan runner
• 1970 » Alan Dowson, English football manager and former professional player
• 1970 » Jason Hanson, American football player
• 1970 » Michael Showalter, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1970 » Popeye Jones, American basketball player and coach
• 1970 » Stéphane Fiset, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1970 » Will Forte, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
• 1971 » Mildred Fox, Irish politician
• 1971 » Paulina Rubio, Mexican pop singer

• 1961 » Jeff Chandler, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1963 » Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician (b. 1882)
• 1968 » José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1901)
• 1974 » Refik Koraltan, Turkish lawyer and politician, 8th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1889)
• 1975 » James Phinney Baxter III, American historian and academic (b. 1893)
• 1979 » Duffy Lewis, American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)
• 1979 » Hubert Ashton, English cricketer and politician (b. 1898)
• 1981 » Richard O'Connor, Indian-English general (b. 1889)
• 1981 » Zerna Sharp, American author and educator (b. 1889)
• 1982 » Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (b. 1920)

• 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 » The Winter Soldier Investigation, organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War to publicize war crimes and atrocities by Americans and allies in Vietnam, begins in Detroit.
• February 26 » U.N. Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
• April 7 » President Richard Nixon announces his decision to quicken the pace of Vietnamization.
• June 13 » Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers.
• September 4 » Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
• September 29 » Oman joins the Arab League.

The temperature on June 17, 1971 was between 8.8 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.