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• Hendrik Dümmer, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1988)
• Johnna Christine Folkmann, Des Moines, Polk / Warren Co., IA († 2011)
• catharina (karen) ottenheijm, venlo
• Joost Visch, Bodegraven († 2015)

• Andrea Strating (71), Stadskanaal, Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Albert van Eersel (59), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoinette Christina Gerrits (82), Arnhem
• Aaltje van Galen (75), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anthonie Moret (77), Maasdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonetta Maria Vink (73), Schiedam
• Adrianus Cornelis van Geel (42), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annetje HONING (83), Huizen
• Alphonsus Pancratius Maria Schram (34), Castricum
• Anastasia Jungmeier (68), Vevey Vd

• 1968 » Frank Watkins, American bass player († 2015)
• 1968 » Prince Markie Dee, American rapper and actor
• 1969 » Burton C. Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1969 » Helena Guergis, Canadian businesswoman and politician
• 1970 » Joacim Cans, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1971 » Jeff Kinney, American author and illustrator
• 1971 » Miguel Batista, Dominican baseball player and poet
• 1971 » Richard Green, Australian golfer
• 1972 » Francine Fournier, American wrestler and manager
• 1972 » Sunset Thomas, American pornographic actress

• 1959 » Willard Miller, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1877)
• 1962 » Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the Pap smear (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)
• 1970 » Ralph Edward Flanders, (b. 1890) US Senator from Vermont.
• 1972 » John Grierson, Scottish director and producer (b. 1898)
• 1972 » Lee Morgan, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1938)
• 1973 » Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (b. 1892)
• 1977 » Anthony Crosland, English captain and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (b. 1918)
• 1977 » Mike González, Cuban baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1890)
• 1980 » Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1946)

• 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.
• September 5 » Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins: The United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province.
• September 8 » Trans International Airlines Flight 863 crashes during takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, killing all 11 aboard.
• September 12 » Dawson's Field hijackings: Palestinian terrorists blow up three hijacked airliners in Jordan, continuing to hold the passengers hostage in various undisclosed locations in Amman.
• November 4 » Salvador Allende takes office as President of Chile, the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections.
• 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 17 » Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre.

The temperature on February 19, 1970 was between -5.5 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.