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• James Douglas Meendering, Sheldon, O'Brien County, Iowa († 2019)
• Gerdina Johanna Maria Langermans († 1970)
• Jamie Daniel JAGO, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia († 1970)
• Wim Van der Linden, Bornem († 1971)
• Carrie Lynn Major, Grand Rapids, VS
• Tania Van Nieuwenhuyse († 1970)
• Jan Johannes Nederstigt, Hillegom († 1972)
• Maaike Djoeke van Gorcum, Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Matthew LARKINS, Burton, Vol 9b, p 56 († 1990)

• Adriana Jantina Hofman (65), Delft, Nederland
• Cornelia Dubbeldam (66), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Dol (69), Obdam, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Theodorus Anthonius Opdam (66), Deventer
• Alfons Knaepen (60), Hasselt, België
• Allie Green (96), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
• August Theodorus Vermeulen (73), Tiel
• Cornelia Wilhelmina Suzanna Dorreman (70), Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• Charlotta Johanna Elisabeth Schoots (65), Tiel
• Bertha Geerdink (85), Eibergen

• 1968 » Garrett Wang, American actor
• 1969 » Adam Setliff, American discus thrower and lawyer
• 1969 » Chantal Petitclerc, Canadian wheelchair racer and senator
• 1969 » Ralph Ineson, English actor
• 1970 » Frankie Dettori, Italian jockey
• 1970 » Lawrence Funderburke, American basketball player
• 1970 » Michael Shanks, Canadian actor, screenwriter and director
• 1971 » Clint Lowery, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1972 » Rodney Harrison, American football player and sportscaster
• 1972 » Stuart Townsend, Irish actor

• 1962 » Charles Laughton, English-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1899)
• 1965 » M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Indian-Scottish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire (b. 1897)
• 1966 » Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (b. 1901)
• 1968 » Antonio Barrette, Canadian politician, 18th Premier of Quebec (b. 1899)
• 1968 » Jess Willard, American boxer and actor (b. 1881)
• 1969 » Karl Theodor Bleek, German lawyer and politician, 12th Mayor of Marburg (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Paul Lévy, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1886)
• 1974 » Anatole Litvak, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1977 » Wilfred Kitching, English 7th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1893)

• 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.
• 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.
• April 24 » China launches Dong Fang Hong I, becoming the fifth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
• April 28 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to take part in the Cambodian campaign.
• August 26 » A new feminist movement leads a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality.
• September 7 » Bill Shoemaker beats Johnny Longden's record to become the winningest jockey in horse racing history at Del Mar racetrack
• October 16 » Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invokes the War Measures Act during the October Crisis.

The temperature on December 15, 1970 was between 2.3 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.