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• Nanda Jacobdr Strijbis († 1988)
• Douwe Herre de Vreeze, Balk († 2005)
• Pieter de Haas, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 2002)
• Robert Sutadi Horneman, Benoni
• Jeffrey Dean van der Beek, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa († 2020)
• Douwe Herre de Vreeze-, Balk, Nederland († 2005)

• Bakkum (0), Tilburg
• Anna DIJKSTRA (84), Sneek(Friesland)
• Ebe Klaases Elzinga (78), Suameer
• Aaltje Stempel (71), Amsterdam
• Antonius Casper Silvester (54), Amsterdam
• Cornelis Mooij (77), Nova Scotia (Canada)
• Ebe Klaases Elzinga (78), Suameer, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Coy James Thornton (44), Colquitt, Georgia, United States
• Anthonie Izaak de Hulster (63)
• Cornelis Sanderse (80), Middelburg, Zeeland, NL

• 1965 » Daniela Costian, Romanian-Australian discus thrower
• 1966 » Dave Meggett, American football player and coach
• 1966 » Jeff Brown, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1967 » Phil Chang, Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor
• 1969 » Justine Greening, English accountant and politician, Secretary of State for International Development
• 1969 » Paulo Jr., Brazilian bass player
• 1969 » Warren Defever, American bass player and producer
• 1972 » Takako Tokiwa, Japanese actress
• 1973 » Leigh Francis, English comedian and actor
• 1974 » Christian Tamminga, Dutch athlete

• 1970 » Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (b. 1934)
• 1970 » Jacques Presser, Dutch historian, writer and poet (b. 1899)
• 1972 » Gia Scala, English-American model and actress (b. 1934)
• 1973 » Václav Renč, Czech poet and playwright (b. 1911)
• 1974 » Agnes Moorehead, American actress (b. 1900)
• 1980 » Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican journalist and politician, 1st Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1898)
• 1982 » Lester Bangs, American journalist and author (b. 1949)
• 1983 » Edouard Wyss-Dunant, Swiss physician and mountaineer (b. 1897)
• 1983 » George Balanchine, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)
• 1983 » Muddy Waters, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and bandleader (b. 1913)

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.
• January 15 » Muammar Gaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.
• 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.
• April 24 » China launches Dong Fang Hong I, becoming the fifth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
• September 16 » King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the conflict which became to be known as Black September.
• November 14 » Soviet Union enters ICAO, making Russian the fourth official language of organization.
• December 15 » Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 successfully lands on Venus. It is the first successful soft landing on another planet.

The temperature on April 30, 1970 was between 2.6 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.