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• Chad Alan Riemersma († 1971)
• Sina Beekelaar, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Lemmo Reininga
• Petrus Augustinus Cornelis Pijpers, Gilze en Rijen
• Dennis Adrianus Koek, Leiden († 2017)

• Antonie Venema (61), Boxmeer
• Anna v Voorthuizen (78), Amersfoort
• (65), Philippeville
• August MARTENS (83), Leamington, Canada
• Albert Drok (66), Nieuw Amsterdam (Emmen)
• Adriaantje van Turenhout (68)
• Anna Lize den Daas (34), Utrecht
• Aaldert Kamman (84), Tiendeveen
• Christina Blokland (88), Beverwijk, NL
• Agnes Maria Josephina Kerckhoffs (84), Kerkrade,, Limburg, Nederland

• 1968 » Joe Cornish, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1968 » Karl Wendlinger, Austrian racing driver
• 1969 » Alain de Botton, Swiss-English philosopher and author
• 1969 » Bobby Phills, American basketball player († 2000)
• 1969 » Zahra Ouaziz, Moroccan runner
• 1970 » Alister McRae, Scottish racing driver
• 1970 » Grant Flower, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
• 1970 » Jörg Schmidt, German footballer
• 1971 » Roger J. Beaujard, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1972 » Anders Odden, Norwegian guitarist, songwriter, and producer

• 1961 » Moss Hart, American director and playwright (b. 1904)
• 1968 » John Steinbeck, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Roy O. Disney, American banker and businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (b. 1893)
• 1972 » Adolfo Orsi, Italian businessman (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1936)
• 1973 » Luis Carrero Blanco, Spanish admiral and politician, 69th President of the Government of Spain (b. 1904; assassinated)
• 1974 » André Jolivet, French guitarist and composer (b. 1905)
• 1974 » R. A. Bevan, English advertiser (b. 1901)
• 1974 » Rajani Palme Dutt, English journalist and politician (b. 1896)
• 1976 » Richard J. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1902)

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 31 » Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit.
• April 17 » Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
• April 22 » The first Earth Day is celebrated.
• April 26 » The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization enters into force.
• October 2 » An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people.
• November 10 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization: For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia.

The temperature on December 20, 1970 was between 1.6 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.