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• Gregor Cornelis Mathias Wintgens, Ede (Geld.)
• Raymond Meesters, Amsterdam,Amsterdam,Noord Holland,Nederland
• Erik GULICKX († 1981)
• Dita Keizer, Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland († 2019)
• Hendrik Jacob Lassche, Emmen († 1991)
• Edwin Biesterbos, Deventer († 1970)

• Cornelia Schrijver (76), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Cora van Akkeren (88)
• catharina pieternella HARPE (76), middelburg
• Adrianus CROLS (74), Turnhout Belgie
• Anna Tjibbele ZWERWER (82), Visvliet, Grijpskerk, Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland
• Clarence Feenstra (75), Decatur, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anolia Margaret McDonald (54), Rogers City, Presque Isle County, Michigan, United States of America
• Antoon Olthof (81), Ubbergen
• BAKKERS JEAN-MARIE-JOZEF (16), BREE
• Annigje Plonia Barendregt (Barendrecht) (84), Barendrecht, Nederland

• 1968 » Andrew Copeland, American singer and guitarist
• 1968 » Cameron Clyne, Australian businessman
• 1968 » Gary Walsh, English football coach and former footballer
• 1968 » Greg Ellis, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1968 » Scott Williams, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1968 » Tolunay Kafkas, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1969 » Jonah Goldberg, American journalist and author
• 1970 » Cenk Uygur, Turkish-American political activist
• 1970 » Shiho Niiyama, Japanese voice actress († 2000)
• 1971 » Zsolt Kürtösi, Hungarian decathlete

• 1953 » Ed Voss, American basketball player (b. 1922)
• 1956 » Hatı Çırpan, Turkish politician (b. 1890)
• 1958 » Cyril M. Kornbluth, American soldier and author (b. 1923)
• 1970 » Manolis Chiotis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1920)
• 1975 » Joe Medwick, American baseball player and coach (b. 1911)
• 1978 » Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, President of Ireland (b. 1911)
• 1980 » Peter Stoner, American mathematician and astronomer (b. 1888)
• 1985 » Michael Redgrave, English actor, director, and manager (b. 1908)
• 1987 » Robert Preston, American captain, actor, and singer (b. 1918)
• 1987 » Walter L. Gordon, Canadian accountant, lawyer, and politician, 22nd Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1906)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Robert
5. Richard
6. David
7. Jeroen
8. Marcel
9. Pieter
10. Michael
11. Hendrik
12. Patrick
13. Marco
14. Mark
15. Willem
16. Edwin

1. Maria
2. Sandra
3. Monique
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. Saskia

• 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.
• February 11 » Japan launches Ohsumi, becoming the fourth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
• February 18 » The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
• April 13 » An oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the Apollo command and service module (codenamed "Odyssey") while en route to the Moon.
• October 9 » The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.
• November 1 » Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France kills 146 young people.
• November 12 » The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.

The temperature on March 21, 1970 was between 3.2 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.