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• levenloos geboren zoontje, Hardenberg († 1970)
• Chad Wade Todd, Salt Lake City († 2001)
• Hans Peter Zwanepol, Kampen, Overijssel, The Netherlands
• Patrick Raman († 1970)
• Joline van den Brink († 2005)

• Bep Holland (35), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Immink (63), Weiteveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anthonius (Anne) Yntema- (63), Workum, Nederland
• Andrew Burton Draper (77), Halifax, North Carolina, United States
• Ariaantje van Dam (89), Lekkerkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Antonia Catharina Maria Wisse (68), Utrecht
• Adrianan Antonia Catharina Maria Wisse (68), ilthoven
• Andreas Cillissen (84), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Sophia Nieuwland Reerink (78), Zuidlaren
• Bessie J Burks Ott, Neal (MarJackBurks) (70), Buchanan, Berrien, Michigan, United States

• 1968 » Tal Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1968 » Todd Hendricks, American football player and coach
• 1968 » Tony Jarrett, English sprinter and hurdler
• 1969 » Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater
• 1970 » Alan Shearer, English footballer and manager
• 1970 » Elvis Grbac, American football player and coach
• 1970 » Will Clarke, American author
• 1971 » Adam Housley, American baseball player and journalist
• 1971 » Patrick Carpentier, Canadian race car driver
• 1972 » Kevin Plank, American businessman, founded Under Armour

• 1954 » Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hayato Ikeda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)
• 1971 » W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Willy Rey, Dutch-Canadian model (b. 1949)
• 1975 » Murilo Mendes, Brazilian poet and telegrapher (b. 1901)
• 1978 » Lonnie Mayne, American wrestler (b. 1944)
• 1979 » Andrew Dasburg, American painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1984 » Tigran Petrosian, Georgian-Armenian chess player (b. 1929)

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 28 » An earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring 1,260.
• April 13 » An oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the Apollo command and service module (codenamed "Odyssey") while en route to the Moon.
• September 16 » King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the conflict which became to be known as Black September.
• November 5 » The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).
• 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 August 13, 1970 was between 11.5 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (86%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.