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• Esther Maria van Stipriaan († 1998)
• Arthur Claude Benson, Groves, Jefferson County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Jeffrey Paul Wilts, Australië († 1990)
• Franklin Knoop, Zeist
• Sandra Alida Christina van Hoek, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Marleen van den Bos, Almelo († 1982)
• Emile Antoine de Hosson, De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Ryan E Bergmeier, Lees Summit, Jackson County, Missouri († 2003)

• Corinne Douglas Robinson (84), Avon, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
• Cornelia Bartje Heijblok (58), 's Gravenhage
• Arie Johannes KLUIT (75), Poortugaal, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Heskens (76), Standdaarbuiten
• Camiel Pauwels (85), Zingem, 9750, Kruisem, Oost Vlaanderen
• Bernhard Wüste (77), Hollenstede, Fürstenau, Landkreis Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Caroline Louise Sophie Soumokil (67), Amsterdam
• Aukje Jentjes Larooy (73), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aukje Larooij (73), Ridderkerk
• Clare J. Mintonye (75), Monroe, Benton County, Oregon

• 1969 » Martin Klebba, American actor, producer, and stuntman
• 1970 » Martin Deschamps, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1970 » Robert Brooks, American football player
• 1970 » Yann Tiersen, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1971 » Félix Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1971 » Fred Ewanuick, Canadian actor and producer
• 1972 » Louis Van Amstel, Dutch dancer and choreographer
• 1972 » Selma Blair, American actress
• 1972 » Zinedine Zidane, French footballer and manager
• 1974 » Joel Edgerton, Australian actor

• 1953 » Albert Gleizes, French painter (b. 1881)
• 1954 » Salih Omurtak, Turkish general (b. 1889)
• 1956 » Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and educator (b. 1875)
• 1959 » Boris Vian, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
• 1959 » Hidir Lutfi, Iraqi poet. (b. 1880)
• 1969 » Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish runner (b. 1907)
• 1970 » Roscoe Turner, American soldier and pilot (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Gerry Birrell, Scottish race car driver (b. 1944)
• 1980 » Clyfford Still, American painter and academic (b. 1904)
• 1980 » Sanjay Gandhi, Indian engineer and politician (b. 1946)

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. Hendrik

1. Sandra
2. Maria
3. Johanna
4. Monique
5. Esther
6. Anna
7. Saskia
8. Jolanda
9. Ingrid
10. Karin
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 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 24 » The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed three days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.
• April 1 » Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre over 1,000 people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.
• April 5 » In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches a revolt against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
• May 1 » Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service.
• August 14 » Bahrain declares independence as the State of Bahrain.

The temperature on June 23, 1971 was between 9.0 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.