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• Shanti Sonneveld († 2005)
• Peter Daniel Pieper, Eibergen († 2000)
• Jochen Stevens, Tongeren, België († 2020)
• Eric Hendrik Christiaan van der Geer, Cothen, Utrecht, Nederland († 2001)
• Stacey Bruins, Watford City, North Dakota, U.S.A († 1974)
• Samuel Cervantes, unbekannt († 1970)

• Arie van den Heuvel (67), Dirksland, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Stehouwer (83), Vlaardingen
• Akke Bakker (89), Zaandam (NL)
• Antonius Tulkens (85), Utrecht
• Akke Bakker (89), Zaandam
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Scheymans (87), Maaseik
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Scheymans (87), Maaseik
• Cornelia Maria Heijnemans (79), Breda
• Cornelia Woudenberg (66), Baarn
• Eduardus BRAECKMANS (73), Lier,2500,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE

• 1969 » Jonathan Seet, Singaporean-Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1969 » Mike Lünsmann, German footballer
• 1969 » Olivier Beretta, Monégasque race car driver
• 1969 » Robin Padilla, Filipino actor, martial artist, and screenwriter
• 1970 » Danny Hoch, American actor and screenwriter
• 1970 » Karsten Müller, German chess player and author
• 1970 » Oded Fehr, Israeli-American actor
• 1970 » Zoë Ball, English radio and television host
• 1971 » Khaled Al-Muwallid, Saudi Arabian footballer
• 1971 » Lisa Arch, American actress

• 1958 » Nikolaos Georgantas, Greek discus thrower (b. 1880)
• 1966 » Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish politician, 2nd President of Ireland (b. 1882)
• 1970 » Yusof bin Ishak, Singaporean journalist and politician, 1st President of Singapore (b. 1910)
• 1972 » Marie Wilson, American actress (b. 1916)
• 1973 » Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor, director, and producer (b. 1889)
• 1974 » Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 1974 » notable victims of the Massacre of the Sixty:
• 1976 » André Malraux, French theorist and author (b. 1901)
• 1979 » Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
• 1979 » Merle Oberon, Indian-American actress and singer (b. 1911)

• 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.
• August 15 » Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an American football game.
• October 17 » FLQ terrorists murder Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte.
• November 4 » Vietnam War: The United States turns over control of the air base at Bình Thủy in the Mekong Delta to South Vietnam.
• November 12 » The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.
• December 2 » The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.

The temperature on November 23, 1970 was between 2.4 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.