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• Marc Londoz, Sint-Truiden, België († 1993)
• Joost Kornelis Geling, Bergen op Zoom († 2022)
• patrick ghielen, helden-beringe
• Stéphanie SERVAIS, Bruxelles, 21004, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique († 1991)
• Simon Cornelis het Jonk, Dirksland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1975)

• Adrianus Bax (74), Amsterdam
• Achiel Vander Beken (90), Zevergem
• Albertje de Lange (70), Dalen
• Ate Dirks Kuiken (72)
• Achille Jules Ysenbaert (85), Avelgem, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Ate Dirks Kuiken (72)
• Angela Aleida Emmerink (72), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alida Vennings (88), Heemstede
• Alida Willard (76), Laren N.H
• Antje Koens (50)

• 1970 » Els Callens, Belgian tennis player and sportscaster
• 1970 » Fred Durst, American singer-songwriter
• 1971 » David Walliams, English comedian, actor, and author
• 1971 » Jonathan Ke Quan, Vietnamese actor
• 1971 » Matt Calland, English rugby player and coach
• 1971 » Nenad Bjelica, Croatian footballer and manager
• 1971 » Steve Stone, English footballer and coach
• 1972 » Chaney Kley, American actor, coach, and sportscaster († 2007)
• 1972 » Derrick Alston, American basketball player
• 1972 » Melvin Booker, American basketball player

• 1961 » Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Jonathan Daniels, American seminarian and civil rights activist (b. 1939)
• 1971 » Rashid Minhas, Pakistani lieutenant and pilot (b. 1951)
• 1979 » Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter and poet (b. 1922)
• 1980 » Joe Dassin, American-French singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
• 1982 » Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (b. 1929)
• 1985 » Donald O. Hebb, Canadian psychologist and academic (b. 1904)
• 1985 » Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken, German admiral (b. 1897)
• 1986 » Milton Acorn, Canadian poet and playwright (b. 1923)

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.
• February 15 » The decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day.
• April 7 » President Richard Nixon announces his decision to quicken the pace of Vietnamization.
• June 11 » The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control.
• July 26 » Apollo program: Launch of Apollo 15 on the first Apollo "J-Mission", and first use of a Lunar Roving Vehicle.
• July 31 » Apollo program: Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover.
• December 2 » Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm al-Quwain form the United Arab Emirates.

The temperature on August 20, 1971 was between 17.5 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 20.4 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.