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• Paulien Kortekaas, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Michiel Aloysius Antonius Melis, Vianen († 2019)
• Cornelia Willemijntje Pater, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 2009)
• Jennifer Jaie Manly, Greene, Ohio († 2012)
• Esther Gre van Rooij, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1971)

• Anne Geerts de Haan (83), ,, Kooten, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Antje de Vries (91), Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa
• Arnoldus Elisabeth Maria van Roermund (70), Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries Johannes Baptist Oomen (77), Vught
• Aartje Cornelia Bergakker (85)
• Blanche BONSCHER (80), Hornsey, Middlesex, England
• Anna Elisabeth Spooren (77), Hasselt (B)
• Aart Van Mourik (81), Asperen
• Arthur Herbert Vellam (62), Stamford, Lincolnshire, Engeland
• Barend Maassakker (75), Vreeland, Gemeente Stichtse Vecht, UT, Nederland

• 1967 » Joel Johnston, American baseball player
• 1968 » Michael Bartels, German race car driver
• 1968 » Shawn Mullins, American singer-songwriter
• 1969 » Juan de Dios Ramírez Perales, Mexican footballer
• 1970 » Jason Elam, American football player
• 1971 » Kit Symons, English-Welsh footballer and manager
• 1972 » Georgios Georgiadis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1972 » Lena Sundström, Swedish journalist and author
• 1972 » Matthew Nable, Australian rugby player and actor
• 1973 » Boris Kodjoe, Austrian-born American actor and producer

• 1957 » Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Thomas Beecham, English conductor and composer (b. 1879)
• 1971 » Harold Lloyd, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
• 1973 » Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1945)
• 1975 » George Stevens, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 1976 » Alfons Rebane, Estonian colonel (b. 1908)
• 1983 » Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1904)
• 1983 » Chabuca Granda, Peruvian-American singer-songwriter (b. 1920)
• 1983 » William Walton, English composer (b. 1902)
• 1985 » Edward Andrews, American actor (b. 1914)

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. Linda
8. Ingrid
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.
• June 11 » After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army Generals, becoming the first women to do so.
• 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 28 » Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack in Cairo.
• October 5 » The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.
• November 5 » The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).
• December 23 » The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, New York is topped out at 1,368 feet (417m), making it the tallest building in the world.

The temperature on March 8, 1970 was between -3.9 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.