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• Martin Wijtze Johannes Elskamp, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Lisa Jennifer van Eck, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada († 1972)
• Frederik Vollmuller, Tiel
• Joseph Adrianus Maria van Gils, Moergestel
• Bob Laurent van Meel, Chateau d' Oex, Bern, Zwitserland
• Marie Helene Angela van den Broek, Dieren
• Sue Groenwald
• Edwin Bracke, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Marilène van den Broek, Dieren, Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland

• Aldert Pietersz Varkevisser (81), Leiden
• Aldert Varkevisser (81), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Johanna (Antje) van de(r) Reep (84)
• Anna Kaland (81), Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
• Alicia Ruth Quinn (52), Everett, Snohomish, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Aldert Hoek (64), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• "Etienne" Georges Bernard Michel Maurice d'Harcourt (85), Rogny-les-Sept-Ecluses, Yonne, France
• Alice van Medem (85), Parijs
• Aartje Cornelia Mouw (85), Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius (Anton) van Heezen (57)

• 1966 » Tony Butterfield, Australian rugby league player
• 1967 » Sergei Grinkov, Russian figure skater († 1995)
• 1970 » Gabrielle Anwar, English actress
• 1971 » Eric Garcetti, American lieutenant and politician, 42nd Mayor of Los Angeles
• 1971 » Rob Corddry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 » Dara Ó Briain, Irish comedian and television host
• 1972 » Giovanni Silva de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1973 » James Hird, Australian footballer and coach
• 1973 » Manny Legace, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1973 » Oscar De La Hoya, American boxer

• 1956 » Savielly Tartakower, Russian-French chess player, journalist, and author (b. 1887)
• 1958 » Henry Kuttner, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 1959 » Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Neal Cassady, American novelist and poet (b. 1926)
• 1970 » Louise Bogan, American poet and critic (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist, mathematician, and academic (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (b. 1908)
• 1982 » Alex Harvey, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1935)
• 1982 » Georg Konrad Morgen, German lawyer and judge (b. 1909)
• 1983 » Karen Carpenter, American singer (b. 1950)

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.
• May 1 » Vietnam War: Protests erupt following the announcement by Richard Nixon that the U.S. and South Vietnamese forces would attack Vietnamese communists in a Cambodian Campaign.
• May 9 » Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 75,000 to 100,000 war protesters demonstrate in front of the White House.
• July 21 » After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.
• August 24 » Vietnam War protesters bomb Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, leading to an international manhunt for the perpetrators.
• September 7 » Fighting begins between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Jordan.
• September 16 » King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the conflict which became to be known as Black September.

The temperature on February 4, 1970 was between 1.3 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (11%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.