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• Bastiaan Versloot († 2006)

• Catharina Maria Sniedt (88), Roermond, Limburg, Nederland, Nederland
• Bertha Maria van Zagten (76), Beneden-Leeuwen
• Egidius Verheezen (85), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adelheid Wilmes (81)
• , Leeuwarden, Nederland
• Abraham Dekker (66), Soestdijk
• Catharina van den Berg (72), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Antonius Hendrikus Tönissen (73), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Gerardus Kapel (57), Noordwijk
• Anna Adriana Maria Woestenberg (73), Breda

• 1969 » David Strickland, American actor († 1999)
• 1969 » P. J. Brown, American basketball player
• 1969 » Viktor Onopko, Russian footballer and manager
• 1970 » Hiromi Nagasaku, Japanese actress and singer
• 1970 » Jim Jackson, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1970 » Martin Barbarič, Czech footballer and coach († 2013)
• 1970 » Meelis Lindmaa, Estonian footballer
• 1970 » Pär Zetterberg, Swedish footballer
• 1970 » Vasko Vassilev, Bulgarian violinist
• 1971 » Jorge Costa, Portuguese footballer and manager

• 1961 » Paul Ramadier, French politician, 129th Prime Minister of France (b. 1888)
• 1965 » Randall Jarrell, American poet and author (b. 1914)
• 1965 » William Hogenson, American sprinter (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Marcel Aymé, French author and playwright (b. 1902)
• 1969 » August Sang, Estonian poet and translator (b. 1914)
• 1969 » Haguroyama Masaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna (b. 1914)
• 1973 » Ahmed Hamdi, Egyptian general and engineer (b. 1929)
• 1973 » Edmund A. Chester, American journalist and broadcaster (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Edith Evans, English actress (b. 1888)
• 1977 » Bing Crosby, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1903)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Robert
5. Richard
6. David
7. Jeroen
8. Marcel
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. Nathalie
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 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.
• May 1 » Vietnam War: Protests erupt following the announcement by Richard Nixon that the U.S. and South Vietnamese forces would attack Vietnamese communists in a Cambodian Campaign.
• 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 8 » Trans International Airlines Flight 863 crashes during takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, killing all 11 aboard.
• October 26 » Muhammad Ali boxes for the first time after Ali's three-year hiatus due to draft evasion.
• November 25 » In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt.

The temperature on October 14, 1970 was between 6.8 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.