About the day » Thursday August 5, 1971Calender converter

• Cedric Michaut, Auxerre, France († 1998)
• Marco Adrianus Henricus Franciscus Broumels, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1971)
• Christina de Vries, Drachten, Nederland († 1972)
• Leijten, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1971)
• Ivo Raets, Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland († 2009)
• Jason Joseph Mercer, Toronto Ontario Canada († 2016)
• Gerrit Jan Willem ( Jim) de Ruig, Amsterdam († 2010)

• Alida Maria Degrande (87), Loos, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Barbara van Diest (73), Bussem
• Alida ZWARTHOED (68), Volendam, Gemeente Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Charley Arthur Teeple (59), Greene, Butler County, Iowa
• Aaltje Vink (72), Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Abraham Karel Manck (64), Amsterdam
• Anna Bos (51), Austin, Mower, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham Karel Manck (64), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Arendina Joanna Maria Mouton (72), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Allegonda Arts (72), Nijmegen

• 1969 » Jackie Doyle-Price, English politician
• 1969 » Vasbert Drakes, Barbadian cricketer
• 1970 » James Gunn, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 » Valdis Dombrovskis, Latvian academic and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Latvia
• 1972 » Aaqib Javed, Pakistani cricketer and coach
• 1972 » Christian Olde Wolbers, Belgian-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1972 » Darren Shahlavi, English-American actor and martial artist († 2015)
• 1972 » Ikuto Hidaka, Japanese wrestler
• 1972 » Jon Sleightholme, English rugby player
• 1972 » Theodore Whitmore, Jamaican footballer and manager

• 1959 » Edgar Guest, English-American journalist and poet (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
• 1963 » Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898)
• 1964 » Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1886)
• 1968 » Luther Perkins, American guitarist (b. 1928)
• 1978 » Jesse Haines, American baseball player and coach (b. 1893)
• 1980 » Harold L. Runnels, American soldier and politician (b. 1924)
• 1983 » Joan Robinson, English economist and author (b. 1903)
• 1983 » Judy Canova, American actress and comedian (b. 1913)
• 1984 » Richard Burton, Welsh-Swiss actor and producer (b. 1925)

• 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 2 » Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
• February 15 » The decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day.
• August 18 » Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
• November 28 » Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation suffers severe abdominal injuries allegedly caused by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers; he dies two days later.
• December 4 » The PNS Ghazi, a submarine belonging to the Pakistan Navy, sinks during the course of the Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971.

The temperature on August 5, 1971 was between 15.2 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 4.7 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.