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• Roel Verbiest
• Herman Den Uil, Lopik (Jaarsveld) († 1990)
• Johan van der Baaren, Nederland († 2014)
• Abel Petrus (Edwin) Nijland, Coevorden
• N.N. WILLEMS, Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland († 1970)

• Cornelis Moret (87), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annechien Bakker (74)
• Anthonia Johanna Gerrebrands (79), Delft
• Anton M Peschier (67), Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Berend Reinders (82), Zweeloo, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornélie Alix Marie VANPEE (85), Steene... Hauts de France
• Bastiaan Hooghwerff (81), Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Constance Edwina Cornwallis ("Shelagh") WEST (94), Lymington, New Forest, Hampshire, England
• Anna Maria Hamers (75), Hoensbroek, Heerlen
• Aafje Dorreboom (85), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1969 » Eduard Hämäläinen, Finnish-Belarusian decathlete
• 1969 » John Ducey, American actor
• 1969 » Karina Lombard, French-American actress and singer
• 1969 » Tsubaki Nekoi, Japanese comic artist
• 1970 » Alen Bokšić, former Croatian footballer
• 1970 » Ken Leung, American actor
• 1970 » Marina Foïs, French actress
• 1970 » Oren Peli, Israeli-American director, producer and screenwriter
• 1971 » Rafael Berges, Spanish footballer
• 1971 » Uni Arge, Faroese footballer and entertainer

• 1959 » Cecil B. DeMille, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Matt Moore, Irish-American actor and director (b. 1888)
• 1961 » Blaise Cendrars, Swiss author and poet (b. 1887)
• 1963 » Acharya Shivpujan Sahay, Indian author, poet, and academic (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Spiros Xenos, Greek-Swedish painter (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Gwynne Evans, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1880)
• 1967 » Ann Sheridan, American actress (b. 1915)
• 1968 » Will Lang, Jr., American journalist (b. 1914)
• 1977 » Sandro Penna, Italian poet and journalist (b. 1906)
• 1978 » Freda Utley, English scholar and author (b. 1898)

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.
• January 12 » Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian Civil War.
• March 10 » Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. military with My Lai war crimes.
• May 15 » Philip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green are killed at Jackson State University by police during student protests.
• July 23 » Qaboos bin Said al Said becomes Sultan of Oman after overthrowing his father, Said bin Taimur initiating massive reforms, modernization programs and end to a decade long civil war.
• September 12 » Dawson's Field hijackings: Palestinian terrorists blow up three hijacked airliners in Jordan, continuing to hold the passengers hostage in various undisclosed locations in Amman.
• September 16 » King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the conflict which became to be known as Black September.

The temperature on January 21, 1970 was between -4.8 °C and -0.6 °C and averaged -3.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (39%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.