About the day » Wednesday September 15, 1971Calender converter

• Martine Jacqueline Luimes, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bob Meijer († 2016)
• Patrick Steenbergen
• Gianni Eugene Emile Eichenberger, Haarlem († 1987)
• René Haverkamp, Heijningen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)
• Saskia Holling, Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Adriana Maria Slingerland (89)
• Anna Weeke (75), fortasse, Nederland
• Anna Adelheid Lögering (73)
• Alfred August Theodor van Wensen (70), ‘s-Hertogenbosch,Gemeente 'S-Hertogenbosch,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Cornelia Antonia Maria Koelhof (65), Maastricht,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Weeke (75), Blijham, Groningen, Nederland
• Dirk van Nieuwamerongen (90)
• Cornelis Gijsbertus van Erkel (77), Gouda
• Charlotte May Phillips (85), Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California
• Cornelis van der Tak (74), Den Haag

• 1969 » Corby Davidson, American radio personality
• 1969 » Revaz Arveladze, Georgian footballer
• 1971 » Ben Wallers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1971 » Josh Charles, American actor and director
• 1971 » Michael Malone, American basketball coach
• 1971 » Nathan Astle, New Zealand cricketer and coach
• 1971 » Wayne Ferreira, South African tennis player
• 1972 » Jimmy Carr, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 » Lady Victoria, American wrestler
• 1972 » Queen Letizia of Spain

• 1965 » Steve Brown, American bassist (b. 1890)
• 1972 » Baki Süha Ediboğlu, Turkish poet and author (b. 1915)
• 1972 » Geoffrey Fisher, English archbishop and academic (b. 1887)
• 1972 » Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1906)
• 1973 » Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (b. 1882)
• 1973 » Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, poet, and director (b. 1932)
• 1975 » Franco Bordoni, Italian race car driver and pilot (b. 1913)
• 1978 » Edmund Crispin, English writer and composer (b. 1921)
• 1978 » Robert Cliche, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1921)
• 1978 » Willy Messerschmitt, German engineer and academic, designed the Messerschmitt Bf 109 (b. 1898)

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. Johan

1. Sandra
2. Maria
3. Johanna
4. Monique
5. Esther
6. Anna
7. Jolanda
8. Saskia
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.
• May 13 » Over 900 unarmed Bengali Hindus are murdered in the Demra massacre.
• July 11 » Copper mines in Chile are nationalized.
• August 1 » The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
• August 5 » The first Pacific Islands Forum (then known as the "South Pacific Forum") is held in Wellington, New Zealand, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean.
• November 28 » Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan, is assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
• December 3 » Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: Pakistan launches a pre-emptive strike against India and a full-scale war begins.

The temperature on September 15, 1971 was between 3.7 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (87%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.