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• Thomas Joseph Rogowski, Tampa,, Flevoland, Nederland
• Filip Van Dessel
• Johny Vangeel, Mol († 1970)
• Gerdie ter Wijlen († 2013)
• Geertruida Frederika van Domselaar, Amersfoort, Gelderland, Nederland
• Erik Aje Martin, Noord-Scharwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1973)
• Jon T Markopoulos, Warren, Trumbull, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Kenny Taylor Forbess, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee († 1970)

• Anna Barbara Tilman (83), Heino
• Arthur Brindle (67), Forest Gate, Essex, England
• Arie van der Vliet (75), Amsterdam
• Aloysius Josephus Braem (78), Wommelgem, België
• Alexander Franklin McCaleb (62)
• Anthonie van Kolfschoten (82), Woudenberg
• Catarina van Willigen (71), Haaften
• Aloysius Braem (78), Wommelgem, België
• Clara Antonia Mennen (61), Eindhoven
• Cornelis Blank, Zaandam

• 1968 » Bradley Nowell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 1996)
• 1968 » Jayson Williams, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1968 » Jeri Ryan, American model and actress
• 1968 » Shawn Graham, Canadian politician, 31st Premier of New Brunswick
• 1969 » Brian Laudrup, Danish footballer and sportscaster
• 1969 » Marc Wilmots, Belgian footballer and manager
• 1969 » Thomas Jane, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 » Lea Salonga, Filipino actress and singer
• 1971 » Super Caló, Mexican wrestler
• 1972 » Michael Chang, American tennis player and coach

• 1960 » Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian-French painter and critic (b. 1905)
• 1961 » Nick LaRocca, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1889)
• 1965 » Felix Frankfurter, Austrian-American lawyer and jurist (b. 1882)
• 1971 » Frédéric Mariotti, French actor (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Elizabeth Bowen, Anglo-Irish author (b. 1899)
• 1973 » Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Premier of Quebec (b. 1916)
• 1973 » Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (b. 1900)
• 1973 » Winthrop Rockefeller, American colonel and politician, 37th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1912)
• 1976 » Angela Baddeley, English actress (b. 1904)
• 1976 » Florence Ballard, American singer (b. 1943)

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

• 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.
• February 11 » Japan launches Ohsumi, becoming the fourth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
• March 26 » South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy.
• May 14 » Andreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and others, a pivotal moment in the formation of the Red Army Faction.
• September 16 » King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the conflict which became to be known as Black September.
• November 4 » Salvador Allende takes office as President of Chile, the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections.
• November 4 » Vietnam War: The United States turns over control of the air base at Bình Thủy in the Mekong Delta to South Vietnam.

The temperature on February 22, 1970 was between 5.5 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 14.3 mm of rain during 7.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.