About the day » Wednesday August 18, 1971Calender converter

• Grietiena Mink, Emmen († 2011)
• Dennis Groen († 1994)
• Nathen Newton ROWLINGS, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 1971)
• Grietina Mink, Emmen († 2011)

• Adriana Richardina Johanna Vermaat (88), 's-Gravenhage
• Anne Klazes de Groot (76), Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Popken (54), Amsterdam
• Abraham Van der Steen (86), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Clement Jossart (82), Lommel (B), België
• AALTJE LUCARDIE (78), MAASSLUIS
• Aukje Grasmeijer (49), Nietap, Nederland
• Anna Steffen (93), Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Aimée Jeanne Marie HASCOUËT (86), Saint-Brieuc, 22278, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France
• Antje Gerrits Smit (89), Kampen

• 1966 » Gustavo Charif, Argentinian director and producer
• 1967 » Brian Michael Bendis, American author and illustrator
• 1967 » Daler Mehndi, Indian Punjabi singer, songwriter and record producer
• 1969 » Edward Norton, American actor
• 1969 » Mark Kuhlmann, German rugby player and coach
• 1970 » Jason Furman, American economist and politician
• 1970 » Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor and producer
• 1971 » Richard David James, English musician composer
• 1971 » Patrik Andersson, Swedish footballer
• 1974 » Nicole Krauss, American novelist and critic

• 1949 » Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Julien Lahaut, Belgian soldier and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (b. 1901)
• 1964 » Hildegard Trabant, Berlin Wall victim (b. 1927)
• 1968 » Arthur Marshall, American pianist and composer (b. 1881)
• 1979 » Vasantrao Naik, Indian politician (b. 1913)
• 1981 » Anita Loos, American author and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1983 » Nikolaus Pevsner, German-English historian and scholar (b. 1902)
• 1990 » B. F. Skinner, American psychologist and philosopher, invented the Skinner box (b. 1904)
• 1994 » Francis Raymond Shea, American bishop (b. 1913)

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 21 » The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.
• January 31 » Apollo program: Apollo 14: Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell, aboard a Saturn V, lift off for a mission to the Fra Mauro Highlands on the Moon.
• March 1 » President of Pakistan Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.
• May 31 » In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30.
• September 28 » The Parliament of the UK passes the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, banning the medicinal use of cannabis.
• October 1 » The first practical CT scanner is used to diagnose a patient.

The temperature on August 18, 1971 was between 10.3 °C and 27.7 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.