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• Margaretha Elizabeth van 't Land, Epe, Gld, NL († 2017)
• Paul Frits Jan Pesser Pesser, alkmaar († 2010)
• Baaltje Christina Hameeteman, Ouddorp (Z.H.) († 2010)
• Rein van der Reest, Noordoostpolder († 2023)
• Natalja Jerica LENSINK, Amersfoort († 1970)
• Natalia Jerrica Lensink, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1970)
• Natalja Jerica Lensink, Amersfoort († 1970)
• Robert Kamies, Stadskanaal († 2018)
• Heather Michelle Crotty († 1992)

• Arie de Geus (85), 's-Gravendeel
• Aukje Kootstra (73), Schoonoord, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Antonius Mattheus HENDRIKS (43), Vancouver,Canada
• Arend Soetendaal (68)
• Arie De GEUS (85), 's-Gravendeel
• Alphonsine Jeanne Van Spitaels (64), La Hestre
• Alphonsus Franciscus van der Biezen (78), Delft
• Berend Geerts Pietersma (83)
• Bertus Dirk Stobbe (62), Amsterdam
• Arie de GEUS (85), 's-Gravendeel

• 1968 » Sean Miller, American basketball player and coach
• 1969 » Jean-Michel Saive, Belgian table tennis player
• 1969 » Rebecca Walker, American author
• 1969 » Ryōtarō Okiayu, Japanese voice actor and singer
• 1970 » Paul Allender, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1970 » Tania Zaetta, Australian actress
• 1971 » David Ramsey, American actor
• 1972 » Joanne Goode, English badminton player
• 1972 » Kimya Dawson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 » Lorraine Pascale, English model and chef

• 1954 » Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1955 » James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Mort Cooper, American baseball player (b. 1913)
• 1959 » Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1968 » Mervyn Peake, English poet, author, and illustrator (b. 1911)
• 1971 » Gladys Cooper, English actress (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader (b. 1878)
• 1976 » Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, Bangladeshi scholar and politician (b. 1880)
• 1979 » John Glascock, English singer and bass player (b. 1951)
• 1982 » Eduard Tubin, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1905)

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. 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.
• March 4 » French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew.
• March 5 » The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
• March 18 » Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
• May 14 » Andreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and others, a pivotal moment in the formation of the Red Army Faction.
• May 31 » The 7.9 M_w  Ancash earthquake shakes Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) and a landslide buries the town of Yungay, Peru. Between 66,794–70,000 were killed and 50,000 were injured.
• October 8 » Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.

The temperature on November 17, 1970 was between 3.0 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.