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• Kellie Martha Coogan, Dearborn, Michigan
• Sandra van der Meule, Breskens († 1970)
• Tom Stoop († 2000)
• Maaike Catharina van Oers, Slootdorp († 1970)
• Chantal de ROO († 2004)
• Henricus Audulphus Adrianus Aarts, Breda
• Johanna Rebecca Petronella Groeneveld, Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ingrid Jorien Doreen Woltinge, Hoogeveen, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Guy Jozef Clara Adriaensen, Halle (Brabant) († 1970)

• Anne van der Tuin (73), Marum
• Alphonsus Bernardus Tutert (68), Zwolle
• Antonia Elisabeth van Lierop (50), Best nederland
• Antonie Josefine Bernhardine Dörr (70), Amsterdam, nh.nld
• Abraham Anthonie van Oeveren (78), Bruinisse, Nederland
• Annechien Geertina Kluter (61), Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland
• Barbera Hoogerwerf (59), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Abraham Anthonie Oeveren, van (78), Bruinisse gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL
• Arnoldus Jacobus Janssen (35), Rotterdam
• Albertus Janmaat (79)

• 1967 » Maciej Śliwowski, Polish footballer
• 1969 » Simone Bagel-Trah, German businessperson
• 1970 » Alisa Marić, Serbian chess player and politician, Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports
• 1970 » Buff Bagwell, American wrestler and actor
• 1972 » Mohammed Benzakour, Moroccan-Dutch journalist, poet, and author
• 1973 » Félix Trinidad, Puerto Rican-American boxer
• 1973 » Glenn Robinson, American basketball player
• 1974 » Davide Dionigi, Italian footballer and manager
• 1974 » Jemaine Clement, New Zealand comedian, actor, and musician
• 1974 » Steve Marlet, French footballer, forward and coach

• 1967 » Charles E. Burchfield, American painter (b. 1893)
• 1968 » Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Turkish general and politician, 6th Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey (b. 1882)
• 1969 » Sampurnanand, Indian educator and politician, 2nd Governor of Rajasthan (b. 1891)
• 1970 » Pavel Belyayev, Russian pilot and astronaut (b. 1925)
• 1971 » Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded Chanel (b. 1883)
• 1971 » Ignazio Giunti, Italian race car driver (b. 1941)
• 1972 » Aksel Larsen, Danish lawyer and politician (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Howlin' Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1910)
• 1978 » Don Gillis, American composer and conductor (b. 1912)
• 1978 » Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist and author (b. 1924)

• 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 1 » The defined beginning of Unix time, at 00:00:00.
• April 24 » The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President.
• May 4 » Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the Cambodian Campaign of the United States and South Vietnam.
• June 15 » Charles Manson goes on trial for the Sharon Tate murders.
• July 21 » After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.
• November 12 » The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.

The temperature on January 10, 1970 was between 0.9 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.