About the day » Saturday August 28, 1971Calender converter

• Theresa\Teresa Marie CEDILLO, McMinnVill Yamhill OR (USA) († 2006)
• Ilona Louise Groeneveld, Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Arend Jan Nales (91), Wilp, Voorst, Gelderland (NL.)
• Adriana Gerritdina Bredenhoff (67), Coevorden
• Cornelia van der Plaat (84), Den Helder
• Bertha Maria Voet (72), Wijnegem (België)
• Claude Edgar Zeinert (60)
• Abraham van der Steen, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Baukje Botes Schoorstra (85), Ternaard, Westdongeradeel, FRI, Nederland
• Dirk Kappetijn (85), Rotterdam
• Andreas Vintcent (77), Roermond
• Emanuelle, Louis, Hubert THIJSSEN (63), Geule,Limburg,Netherlands

• 1969 » Jack Black, American actor and comedian
• 1969 » Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and Founder of Leanin.org
• 1970 » Melina Aslanidou, German-Greek singer-songwriter
• 1970 » Rick Recht, American singer-songwriter
• 1971 » Janet Evans, American swimmer
• 1971 » Raúl Márquez, Mexican-American boxer and sportscaster
• 1971 » Shane Andrews, American baseball player
• 1971 » Todd Eldredge, American figure skater and coach
• 1972 » Jay Witasick, American baseball player and coach
• 1972 » Ravindu Shah, Kenyan cricketer

• 1965 » Giulio Racah, Italian-Israeli physicist and mathematician (b. 1909)
• 1968 » Dimitris Pikionis, Greek architect and academic (b. 1887)
• 1971 » Reuvein Margolies, Israeli author and scholar (b. 1889)
• 1972 » Prince William of Gloucester (b. 1941)
• 1975 » Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)
• 1976 » Anissa Jones, American actress (b. 1958)
• 1978 » Bruce Catton, American historian and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1978 » Robert Shaw, English actor (b. 1927)
• 1981 » Béla Guttmann, Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1900)
• 1982 » Geoff Chubb, South African cricketer (b. 1911)

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.
• April 1 » Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre over 1,000 people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.
• May 1 » Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service.
• July 30 » Apollo program: Apollo 15 Mission: David Scott and James Irwin on the Apollo Lunar Module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover.
• July 31 » Apollo program: Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover.
• September 4 » Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
• September 15 » The first Greenpeace ship sets sail to protest against nuclear testing on Amchitka Island.

The temperature on August 28, 1971 was between 13.3 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.