About the day » Saturday August 14, 1971Calender converter

• Jolanda Beerens, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2001)
• Christophe René Christian BRUN, Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France († 2020)
• Riekelt Kramer († 1971)
• Christine Arnauts († 1971)
• Jacqueline VAN WOLVEN, Duiven (NL) († 2004)
• Jeroen Stolk († 2004)
• Isabelle Arnauts († 1971)
• Riekelt Kramer, Urk († 1971)
• Berghout, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States († 1971)
• Eduard Huibertus Muniaerts, Utrecht († 2005)

• Antje Leonhard (77)
• Antje Stijl (64), Amsterdam
• Adrianus in't Veld (91), Voorburg
• Emma S. Ochs (85), Nightingale Nursing Home (now Westland Convalescent Home), Westland, Wayne Co., MI
• Christiaan Ludwig Schwarze (54), Noordoostpolder
• Atje Johannes Nijboer (71), Rottevalle
• August Hermann Saegenschnitter (84), Angaston, South Australia, Australia
• Berghout (0), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
• Cornelius de VRIES (38), Rotterdam
• Antonius Pius Heinsbroek (Heijnsbroek) (82), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland

• 1969 » Stig Tøfting, Danish footballer and manager
• 1969 » Tracy Caldwell Dyson, American chemist and astronaut
• 1970 » Kevin Cadogan, American rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1971 » Mark Loretta, American baseball player and coach
• 1971 » Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1971 » Raoul Bova, Italian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 » Laurent Lamothe, Haitian businessman and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Haiti
• 1972 » Tamer El Said, Egyptian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 » Jared Borgetti, Mexican footballer
• 1973 » Jay-Jay Okocha, Nigerian footballer

• 1963 » Clifford Odets, American director, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Johnny Burnette, American singer-songwriter (b. 1934)
• 1965 » Vello Kaaristo, Estonian skier (b. 1911)
• 1966 » Tip Snooke, South African cricketer (b. 1881)
• 1967 » Bob Anderson, English motorcycle racer and race car driver (b. 1931)
• 1972 » Jules Romains, French author and poet (b. 1885)
• 1972 » Oscar Levant, American actor, pianist, and composer (b. 1906)
• 1973 » Fred Gipson, American journalist and author (b. 1908)
• 1978 » Nicolas Bentley, English author and illustrator (b. 1907)
• 1980 » Dorothy Stratten, Canadian-American model and actress (b. 1960)

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. 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.
• March 25 » The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.
• May 20 » In the Chuknagar massacre, Pakistani forces massacre thousands, mostly Bengali Hindus.
• May 27 » The Dahlerau train disaster, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal.
• July 11 » Copper mines in Chile are nationalized.
• September 13 » State police and National Guardsmen storm New York's Attica Prison to quell a prison revolt, which claimed 43 lives.
• November 15 » Intel releases the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.

The temperature on August 14, 1971 was between 13.5 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.