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• Esther De Groot, Rotterdam
• roelof (roel) versteegen, venlo
• Margiet Bouman, Dedemsvaart, Overijssel, Nederland
• hendrikus johannes theodorus petrus (johan) nooijen, helden-grashoek
• Lester Scott Justus († 1970)

• Anna Goedvolk (86), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Voeten (87), Oudenbosch
• Berend van der Togt (80), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Bernardus Everhardus Visser (66), Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada
• Angèle Minnebo (76), Eeklo, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen
• Bernice "Bunny" St. Amant (80), Saint Amant, Ascension, Louisiana, United States of America
• Anna Ariensdr Goedvolk (86), Schiedam, Nederland
• Agnes Derikx (71), Roermond
• Aarnout Bostelaar (85), Middelburg
• Antonia Maria Embregts (77), Tilburg

• 1967 » Ted Tryba, American golfer
• 1968 » Chad Lowe, American actor, director, and producer
• 1969 » Delino DeShields, American baseball player and manager
• 1970 » Shane McMahon, American wrestler and businessman
• 1971 » Regina King, American actress
• 1972 » Christos Kostis, Greek footballer
• 1972 » Claudia Winkleman, English journalist and critic
• 1972 » Shelia Burrell, American heptathlete
• 1973 » Essam El Hadary, Egyptian footballer
• 1973 » Suparno Satpathy, Indian socio-political leader

• 1959 » Regina Margareten, Hungarian businesswoman (b. 1863)
• 1964 » Jack Teagarden, American singer-songwriter and trombonist (b. 1905)
• 1967 » David Burliuk, Ukrainian author and illustrator (b. 1882)
• 1968 » Bill Masterton, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1938)
• 1970 » Frank Clement, English race car driver (b. 1886)
• 1970 » William T. Piper, American engineer and businessman, founded Piper Aircraft (b. 1881)
• 1972 » Daisy Ashford, English author (b. 1881)
• 1973 » Coleman Francis, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1919)
• 1973 » Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1901)
• 1974 » Harold D. Cooley, American lawyer and politician (b. 1897)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Robert
5. Richard
6. David
7. Marcel
8. Jeroen
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. Ingrid
8. Linda
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 5 » The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
• April 24 » China launches Dong Fang Hong I, becoming the fifth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
• May 11 » The 1970 Lubbock tornado kills 26 and causes $250million in damage.
• July 31 » Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.
• September 6 » Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of the PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field, Jordan.
• September 7 » Fighting begins between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Jordan.

The temperature on January 15, 1970 was between 2.3 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.