About the day » Wednesday August 4, 1971Calender converter

• Cyril de Lauzanne, Versailles, 78646, France († 2009)
• Ross Jared Kooiman, Lincoln, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Coenraad Adrianus Nicolaas Cornelis van Hoek, Gilze en Rijen
• Maichel Hilgers, Zwolle
• Margherita Violetta Luca
• Dirk Messemaker, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Jack Theo Allersma, Uithuizermeeden
• Willem-Martin Velthuis († 2019)
• Hermanus Johannes Geerlings, Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• Stuart William lauder Currie, Scotland († 2017)

• Arie Ouwens (78), Capelle aan den IJssel
• Adrianus Albertus van Schaik (70)
• Adolph Heinrich Wilhelm (Ad) GRAEBER GRABER (72), Richmond, Fort Bend County TX (USA)
• Alphons Boodts (76), Hoogstraten (B)
• Armand Livien Lodewijk Van den Broeck (78), Mechelen
• Anna Henrica Petronella Hansen (70), Lierop
• Albertus Jacobs Westendorp (93), Kampen
• Anna van der Gugten (67), Rijnsburg, 2231, Nederland
• Anna Maria Scholte (67), Groningen
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Borghans (75), Brunssum,, Limburg, Nederland

• 1969 » Mark Bickley, Australian footballer and coach
• 1969 » Max Cavalera, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1970 » Bret Baier, American journalist
• 1970 » John August, American director and screenwriter
• 1970 » Kate Silverton, English journalist
• 1970 » Steve House, American mountaineer
• 1970 » Steven Jack, South African cricketer
• 1971 » Bethan Benwell, English linguist, author, and academic
• 1971 » Jeff Gordon, American race car driver and actor
• 1972 » Stefan Brogren, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1957 » John Cain Sr., Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria (b. 1882)
• 1958 » Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (b. 1883)
• 1959 » József Révai, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (b. 1926)
• 1967 » Peter Smith, English cricketer (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Enrique Angelelli, Argentinian bishop and martyr (b. 1923)
• 1976 » Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian-English publisher (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1981 » Melvyn Douglas, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1982 » Bruce Goff, American architect, designed the Boston Avenue Methodist Church (b. 1904)

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.
• September 3 » Qatar becomes an independent state.
• September 9 » The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, eventually resulting in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.
• November 12 » Vietnam War: As part of Vietnamization, US President Richard Nixon sets February 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam.
• December 4 » The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi.
• December 9 » Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Air Force executes an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defences.

The temperature on August 4, 1971 was between 14.2 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.