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• Kitty Wijnveen, Limmen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• Anoesjka Stoffels, Nieuwer Amstel († 2016)
• Pieter Van den Bosch, Lier
• Joris Noorman, Capelle aan de Ijssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Ton Richel, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Wilhelmina Gertruida Maria van Gameren, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)

• Adriana van der Molen (80), Zwolle, province of Overijssel
• Andr√© Johannes VAN BERGEIJK (66)
• Anna Maria Klaassen (83), Mierlo, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Jung (74), Moresnet, Luik, België
• Alfred James Brandt (92), Driebergen
• Adriana K.M. Smits (79), Sassenheim
• Berend Johannes Balk (73), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Derk ten Heuvel (82), Hoogeveen
• Augustina Maria Cornelia Van Aalst (72), Veghel
• Adriana Clara Smit (79), Sassenheim

• 1969 » Clay Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1969 » Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, Japanese baseball player and coach
• 1969 » Matthew Perry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1969 » Nate Dogg, American rapper († 2011)
• 1970 » Jeff Tam, American baseball player
• 1971 » João Vieira Pinto, Portuguese footballer
• 1971 » Mary Joe Fernández, Dominican-American tennis player and coach
• 1972 » Chihiro Yonekura, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1972 » Roberto Abbondanzieri, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1973 » Carl Bulfin, New Zealand cricketer

• 1967 » Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born American author and publisher (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Isaac Deutscher, Polish-English journalist and historian (b. 1907)
• 1968 » George Gamow, Ukrainian-American physicist and cosmologist (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Paweł Jasienica, Polish soldier and historian (b. 1909)
• 1975 » Mark Donohue, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1937)
• 1976 » Alastair Sim, Scottish-English actor (b. 1900)
• 1976 » Ken Wadsworth, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1946)
• 1977 » Aleksander Kreek, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (b. 1914)
• 1977 » Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (b. 1890)
• 1980 » Otto Frank, German-Swiss businessman, father of Anne Frank (b. 1889)

• 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 8 » The Fight of the Century between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali commences. Frazier wins in 15 rounds via unanimous decision.
• April 1 » Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre over 1,000 people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.
• April 7 » President Richard Nixon announces his decision to quicken the pace of Vietnamization.
• May 27 » Pakistani forces massacre over 200 civilians, mostly Bengali Hindus, in the Bagbati massacre.
• August 15 » Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• November 18 » Oman declares its independence from United Kingdom.

The temperature on August 19, 1971 was between 16.6 °C and 28.8 °C and averaged 22.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.