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• Jill Elizabeth Probert, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2023)
• Pascalle Jacobs, Heerlen
• Inge Irene Gerardus Lootens, Leende († 2015)
• Patricia Pelupessy

• Alfred_ Oktavio Arthur Anton Maria zur Lippe-Weissenfeld (73), Wien-Alt Lerchenfeld,,Österreich,A
• Anthonius Hendrikus Lauteslager (80), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• ALICE MARIE LOUISE Albert (72)
• Andries Christoffel Bronkhorst (57)
• Alfred de Lippe-Weissenfeld (73)
• Aafje Visser (82)
• Anna Maria Fontein (95), Baarn
• Alfred ZUR LIPPE-WEISSENFELD (73), Baden Bei Wien, Austria
• Aleida van Breenen (79), Apeldoorn, Nederland
• ADOLPHINE MALVINA DE SMET (82), Kaster,, West-Vlaanderen, België

• 1963 » Dave Foley, Canadian comedian, actor, director, and producer
• 1963 » Martina Proeber, German diver
• 1964 » Susan Devoy, New Zealand squash player
• 1965 » Craig Revel Horwood, Australian-English dancer, choreographer, and director
• 1965 » Guy Forget, French tennis player
• 1965 » Julia Ormond, English actress and producer
• 1966 » Deana Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1967 » David Toms, American golfer and philanthropist
• 1975 » Paul Watson, English footballer and physiotherapist
• 1978 » Dominik Hrbatý, Slovak tennis player

• 1960 » Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
• 1961 » Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1962 » Hans Lammers, German jurist and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » T. S. Eliot, American-English poet, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1967 » Donald Campbell, English racing driver and world speed record holder (b. 1921)
• 1969 » Paul Chambers, American bassist and composer (b. 1935)
• 1975 » Carlo Levi, Italian painter, author, and activist (b. 1902)
• 1985 » Brian Horrocks, Indian-English general (b. 1895)
• 1986 » Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic (b. 1904)
• 1986 » Phil Lynott, Irish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1949)

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.
• January 15 » Muammar Gaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.
• March 26 » South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy.
• April 12 » Soviet submarine K-8, carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the Bay of Biscay four days after a fire on board.
• July 3 » The Troubles: The "Falls Curfew" begins in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• December 17 » Polish protests: In Gdynia, soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens.
• December 23 » The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, New York is topped out at 1,368 feet (417m), making it the tallest building in the world.

The temperature on January 4, 1970 was between -7.9 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged -3.7 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.