About the day » Friday August 6, 1971Calender converter

• Hermina Stina (Ine) Veneklaas, Ootmarsum, Dinkelland, Overijssel, Nederland
• John VAN HAM, Chicago, Illinois († 1971)
• Paul James Manly, Placer, California († 2012)

• Earnest E. Young (72), Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama
• Annie Poelert (64)
• Anna Hendrika Protzmann (66), Enschede
• Cornelia Haasnoot (65), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aloijsius Franciscus Bakkers (69), Tilburg
• Archer (75), Dulvay, New South Wales, Australia
• Abraham de Mooij (70), Rijswijk
• Ann Eliza Wood (84), Lewisham, London, England
• Albert Lowe Kelley (82), New York City, US-NY
• Casper Stanley WAGNER (83), North Hill / Ohio

• 1969 » Elliott Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2003)
• 1969 » Simon Doull, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
• 1970 » M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 » Darren Eales, English footballer and lawyer
• 1972 » Geri Halliwell, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 1972 » Paolo Bacigalupi, American author
• 1972 » Ray Lucas, American football player and sportscaster
• 1973 » Iain Morris, English screenwriter and producer
• 1973 » Max Kellerman, American sportscaster and radio host
• 1973 » Vera Farmiga, American actress

• 1959 » Preston Sturges, American director, screenwriter, and playwright (b. 1898)
• 1964 » Cedric Hardwicke, English actor and director (b. 1893)
• 1969 » Theodor W. Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1903)
• 1970 » Nikos Tsiforos, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1973 » Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba (b. 1901)
• 1976 » Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian-American cellist and educator (b. 1903)
• 1978 » Edward Durell Stone, American architect, designed Radio City Music Hall and the Kennedy Center (b. 1902)
• 1978 » Pope Paul VI (b. 1897)
• 1979 » Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1983 » Klaus Nomi, German singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1944)

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. Karin
10. Ingrid
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 21 » The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.
• January 31 » The Winter Soldier Investigation, organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War to publicize war crimes and atrocities by Americans and allies in Vietnam, begins in Detroit.
• September 15 » The first Greenpeace ship sets sail to protest against nuclear testing on Amchitka Island.
• October 1 » The first practical CT scanner is used to diagnose a patient.
• November 14 » Mariner 9 enters orbit around Mars.
• December 4 » The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi.

The temperature on August 6, 1971 was between 14.5 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.