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• Marc Theo Van Hertem, Neerpelt († 1970)
• Teunisje Schreuder, Leusden († 1970)

• Alica GRANDIA (80)
• Alice E. Grandia (80), Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Angelo Farina (58), Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
• Beatrix Leonie Ida Wilhelmina van Wedell van Jarlsberg (49), Toronto, Ontario
• Bergstra (78)
• Annie Margaret Fries (58)
• Anna Hendrina Lammers (59), Budel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida van den Merendonk (79), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Franciscus Cornelis (72), Aalst
• Angelyn Klein (56)

• 1968 » Francisco Clavet, Spanish tennis player
• 1969 » Adela Noriega, Mexican actress
• 1969 » Emma Donoghue, Irish-Canadian author
• 1970 » Jeff Mangum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1970 » Rob Leslie-Carter, English field hockey player and engineer
• 1971 » Aaron Bailey, American football wide receiver
• 1971 » Caprice Bourret, American model and actress
• 1971 » Diane Guthrie-Gresham, Jamaican track and field athlete
• 1971 » Gustavo Jorge, Argentina international rugby union player
• 1971 » Zephyr Teachout, American academic

• 1965 » Hans Meerwein, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1966 » Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian (b. 1896)
• 1969 » Behçet Kemal Çağlar, Turkish poet and politician (b. 1908)
• 1970 » Richard Hofstadter, American historian and author (b. 1916)
• 1971 » Carl Ruggles, American composer (b. 1876)
• 1971 » Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1936)
• 1972 » Claire Windsor, American actress (b. 1897)
• 1972 » Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1919)
• 1974 » David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1908)
• 1975 » İsmail Erez, Turkish lawyer and diplomat, Turkish Ambassador to France (b. 1919)

• 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.
• March 4 » French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew.
• March 18 » Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
• April 1 » President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General's warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertising on television and radio in the United States, effective 1 January 1971.
• July 31 » Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.
• October 5 » The British Trade Commissioner is kidnapped by members of the FLQ, triggering the October Crisis in Canada.
• October 12 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization continues as President Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas.

The temperature on October 24, 1970 was between 8.9 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.