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• Richard Johannes Antonius Braam, Heerlen
• Justin Lee DALY, Wellington, New Zealand († 1987)

• Coenraad Kulcker (73), Amsterdam
• Arie Leendert Visser (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Aaltje van der Meer (87), Terherne Friesland Nederland
• Antonie Gerardus Swenger (71), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Hendrina Kromhout (51), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Alida Johanna Mörling (75), Schiedam
• cornelia bliek (67), Nederland
• Cornelis Hermanus Gout (74), Meppel
• Birdie Jane Cale (75)
• Aartje Overbosch (92), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1969 » Bruce Anstey, New Zealand motorcycle racer
• 1969 » Josée Chouinard, Canadian figure skater
• 1970 » Cathy Weseluck, Canadian actress
• 1970 » Craig Counsell, American baseball player and coach
• 1970 » Erik Dekker, Dutch cyclist and manager
• 1971 » Liam Howlett, English keyboard player, DJ, and producer
• 1971 » Mamadou Diallo, Senegalese footballer
• 1971 » Robert Harvey, Australian footballer and coach
• 1973 » Sergey Brin, Russian-American computer scientist and businessman, co-founded Google
• 1973 » Steve McKenna, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1957 » Mait Metsanurk, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1879)
• 1960 » David B. Steinman, American engineer, designed the Mackinac Bridge (b. 1886)
• 1964 » Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (b. 1893)
• 1971 » George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (b. 1941)
• 1974 » Buford Pusser, American police officer (b. 1937)
• 1974 » Kirpal Singh, Indian spiritual master (b. 1894)
• 1978 » Charles Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Kaka Kalelkar, Indian Hindi Writer(B.1885)
• 1983 » Benigno Aquino, Jr., Filipino journalist and politician (b. 1932)

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 3 » New York Police Officer Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption.
• May 3 » Erich Honecker becomes First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, remaining in power until 1989.
• July 5 » The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon.
• October 1 » The first practical CT scanner is used to diagnose a patient.
• December 7 » The Battle of Sylhet is fought between the Pakistani military and the Mukti Bahini.

The temperature on August 21, 1971 was between 15.4 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.