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• Barney Raaijmakers († 2002)
• Egbert Dijsselhof († 2017)
• Jeroen Stroink, Oldenzaal
• Teresa Anne Cook, Cedar Rapids, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Lucretia Hermina Bunskoek († 2002)

• Albert Scholten (69), Minnehaha South Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Barbara Hubertina van den Booren (80), Maasmechelen (B)
• Antje Uithof (72), Duurswoude
• Alida Leliaert (61)
• Alphonsus Anthonius (Alphons) Asselman (82), Hulst, Nederland
• Alphonsus Anthonius Alphons Asselman (82)
• Alexander Louis Nagel (74), Sydney, Austr
• Aaltje Lof (44), Purmerend
• Arigje van den Dool (95), Giessen-Oudekerk
• Ben van de Griend (85), Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa

• 1969 » Erika Eleniak, American model and actress
• 1970 » Kushboo, South Indian actress and producer
• 1970 » Natasha Gregson Wagner, American actress
• 1970 » Russell Peters, Canadian comedian, actor, and producer
• 1970 » Yoshihiro Tajiri, Japanese wrestler and trainer
• 1971 » Mackenzie Crook, English actor and screenwriter
• 1971 » Tanoka Beard, American basketball player
• 1971 » Theodore Shapiro, American composer
• 1971 » Yitzhak Yedid, Israeli-Australian composer & pianist
• 1972 » Oliver Gavin, English race car driver

• 1967 » Carson McCullers, American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet (b. 1917)
• 1970 » Edward Everett Horton, American actor (b. 1886)
• 1973 » W. H. Auden, English-American poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1907)
• 1975 » Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager (b. 1890)
• 1981 » Bill Shankly, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1913)
• 1982 » Monty Stratton, American baseball player and coach (b. 1912)
• 1986 » Prince George Valdemar of Denmark (b. 1920)
• 1987 » Henry Ford II, American businessman (b. 1917)
• 1988 » Charles Addams, American cartoonist (b. 1912)
• 1989 » Gussie Busch, American businessman (b. 1899)

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. Jolanda
8. Saskia
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 9 » Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame.
• March 8 » The Fight of the Century between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali commences. Frazier wins in 15 rounds via unanimous decision.
• May 26 » Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army slaughters at least 71 Hindus in Burunga, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
• July 30 » An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Iwate, Japan killing 162.
• August 21 » A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
• October 27 » The Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire.

The temperature on September 29, 1971 was between 3.5 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.