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• Myrthe Kok († 2009)
• Rene Fuchs, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ralph Nelissen, Venlo
• frans greijn, kessel († 1984)

• Catharina Zandbergen (94), Meppel
• Aaltje ZIGTERMAN (91), Kantens, Groningen, Nederland
• Barendje Schuurman (72), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia de Roo (92), Schiedam
• Anco Jelle Klaas Rustema (23), Middelstum (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Adriaan de Wilde (80), Sint Annaland
• Anco Jelte Klaas Rustema (23)
• Dora Louisa Munger (88), O'Neill, Holt, Nebraska
• Agnes Klein (83), Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth
• Antonius Wilhelmus Nas (80), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1968 » Diran Adebayo, English author and critic
• 1968 » Vladimir Malakhov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1969 » Dimitris Sgouros, Greek pianist and composer
• 1969 » Vladimir Jugović, Serbian footballer
• 1970 » Carlo Checchinato, Italian rugby player and manager
• 1970 » Michael Wong, Malaysian-Chinese singer-songwriter
• 1970 » Paulo Sousa, Portuguese footballer and manager
• 1971 » Julian Smith, Scottish politician
• 1971 » Lars Frederiksen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 » Cameron Diaz, American model, actress, and producer

• 1961 » Charles Coburn, American actor (b. 1877)
• 1961 » Cristóbal de Losada y Puga, Peruvian mathematician (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Guy Burgess, English-Soviet spy (b. 1911)
• 1964 » Salme Dutt, Estonian-English lawyer and politician (b. 1888)
• 1967 » Ad Reinhardt, American painter, illustrator, and academic (b. 1913)
• 1968 » William Talman, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 1970 » Del Moore, American comedian and actor (b. 1916)
• 1971 » Ali Hadi Bara, Iranian-Turkish sculptor (b. 1906)
• 1979 » Jean Seberg, American actress (b. 1938)
• 1981 » Vera-Ellen, American actress and dancer (b. 1921)

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. Linda
8. Ingrid
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.
• January 5 » The 7.1 M_w  Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 10,000 and 15,000 people are known to have been killed and about another 26,000 are injured.
• January 22 » The Boeing 747, the world's first "jumbo jet", enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from John F. Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
• April 11 » Apollo 13 is launched.
• May 15 » President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army generals.
• August 24 » Vietnam War protesters bomb Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, leading to an international manhunt for the perpetrators.
• October 17 » FLQ terrorists murder Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte.

The temperature on August 30, 1970 was between 10.4 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (80%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.