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• Katharina Herlitz († 2019)
• Diana Theresia (Dina) van 't Schip, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Sandra Prijs, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2022)
• Gerrit Renze Spaak
• Ute Roskamp, Weener († 2018)

• Adrianus Franciscus Middendorp (75), Schiedam,-
• Anna Catharina van Dijk (61), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Groen * (68)
• Arie van Marion (81), Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barend VAN DIJL (89), Wassenaar, ZH, Nederland
• Cecil Balfour (81), Maple Street, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
• Aaldert van de Graaf (43), Buren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Wilhelmina Maria Kaandorp (67), Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Wilhelmina Kaandorp (67), Zaanstad
• Annie Beagle Canter (92), Bendena, Doniphan, Kansas, United States of America

• 1967 » Steve Stricker, American golfer
• 1969 » Daymond John, American fashion designer and businessman, founded FUBU
• 1969 » Martine Croxall, English journalist and television news presenter
• 1969 » Michael Campbell, New Zealand golfer
• 1970 » Niecy Nash, American actress and producer
• 1971 » Carin Koch, Swedish golfer
• 1971 » Joe-Max Moore, American soccer player
• 1971 » Melinda Messenger, English model and television host
• 1972 » Alessandro Sturba, Italian footballer
• 1972 » Rondell White, American baseball player

• 1955 » Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1965 » Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian (b. 1890)
• 1969 » Madhubala, Indian actress and producer (b. 1933)
• 1969 » Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 2nd King of Saudi Arabia (b. 1902)
• 1973 » Dickinson W. Richards, American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Harry Ruby, American composer and screenwriter (b. 1895)
• 1976 » L. S. Lowry, English painter (b. 1887)
• 1979 » W. A. C. Bennett, Canadian businessman and politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Herbert Howells, English organist and composer (b. 1892)
• 1990 » José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran engineer and politician, President of El Salvador (b. 1925)

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. Ingrid
8. Linda
9. Petra
10. Anna
11. Yvonne
12. Patricia
13. Astrid
14. Jolanda
15. Nathalie
16. Elisabeth

• 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 15 » Muammar Gaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.
• March 2 » Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
• March 28 » An earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring 1,260.
• September 1 » Palestinian guerrillas attack the motorcade of King Hussein of Jordan in a failed assassination attempt.
• October 26 » Muhammad Ali boxes for the first time after Ali's three-year hiatus due to draft evasion.
• December 23 » The Democratic Republic of the Congo officially becomes a one-party state.

The temperature on February 23, 1970 was between 3.7 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.