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• Cyntia Ann Kooiman, Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Hester Venema († 2014)
• Isabel zu Lynar, Lourenço Marques / Maputo, Mozambique († 1997)
• José Valércio Kuhlkamp, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1995)
• René van der Horst
• Monique Tjibbes Pebesma, Damwoude, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2004)
• Mary Jane Frances Staley, Detroit, Michigan
• Angela Berthina Eugenie Tunnissen, Bergschenhoek († 2013)

• Adolf Emile Hubert Welters (81), Valkenburg,, Limburg, Nederland
• Bertha May Meyer (88), Philip, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Kruitbosch (71)
• Adrianus Gerardus Bouman (76)
• Cornelis Gerardus Bluijs (78), Zandvoort
• Bernardus Hubertus Schaefer (75), Roermond, Limburg, Nederland
• Adolph Emile Hubert WELTERS (81), Valkenburg
• Bernardus van Ooijen (75), Oss
• Anton Hendrik Baaij (88), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius de Kuiper (84), Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1967 » Mixu Paatelainen, Finnish footballer and coach
• 1967 » Tim Flowers, English footballer and coach
• 1968 » Marwan Khoury, Lebanese singer, songwriter, and composer
• 1968 » Vlade Divac, Serbian-American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1969 » Beau Biden, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 44th Attorney General of Delaware († 2015)
• 1969 » Retief Goosen, South African golfer
• 1970 » Óscar Córdoba, Colombian footballer
• 1970 » Warwick Davis, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 » Hong Seok-cheon, South Korean actor
• 1972 » Jesper Kyd, Danish pianist and composer

• 1959 » The Day the Music Died
• 1960 » Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (b. 1921)
• 1961 » Anna May Wong, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1961 » William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, Scottish-Australian captain and politician, 14th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Benjamin R. Jacobs (b. 1879)
• 1967 » Joe Meek, English songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
• 1969 » C. N. Annadurai, Indian journalist and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Madras State (b. 1909)
• 1969 » Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambican activist and academic (b. 1920)
• 1975 » Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1904)
• 1975 » William D. Coolidge, American physicist and engineer (b. 1873)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Robert
5. Richard
6. David
7. Jeroen
8. Marcel
9. Pieter
10. Michael
11. Hendrik
12. Patrick
13. Marco
14. Mark
15. Willem
16. Edwin

1. Maria
2. Sandra
3. Monique
4. Karin
5. Johanna
6. Esther
7. Linda
8. Ingrid
9. Petra
10. Anna
11. Yvonne
12. Patricia
13. Astrid
14. Jolanda
15. Elisabeth
16. Saskia

• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
• March 6 » An explosion at the Weather Underground safe house in Greenwich Village kills three.
• April 28 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to take part in the Cambodian campaign.
• July 8 » Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American self-determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975.
• October 5 » The British Trade Commissioner is kidnapped by members of the FLQ, triggering the October Crisis in Canada.
• November 25 » In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt.
• December 17 » Polish protests: In Gdynia, soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens.

The temperature on February 3, 1970 was between 2.9 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.