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• Linda Waterdrinker, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Michelle SHELDON († 1996)
• Frédéric Vignon, Breuches, 70093, France († 1972)
• Erik Klaas Mintjes, De Blesse († 1994)
• Hennie van der Heide († 2004)
• Sebastian Boy Levoleger, Blaricum († 2008)

• Edward Ernest Pfaff (80), Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Agatha van der Weijden (82), Noordwijk
• Catharina Christina Walther (64), Vlaardingen
• Arie Noordsij (69), Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Elisabeth DEMEULENAERE (77), Kortrijk
• Cornelis Bakker (69)
• Cornelia Wilhelmina Meischke (77), Velp
• Albert Charles Scott (75)
• Arie van der Velden (82), Zeist
• Christiaan Riem (78), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• 1969 » Karren Brady, English journalist and businesswoman
• 1969 » Piotr Anderszewski, Polish pianist and composer
• 1970 » Barry Pepper, Canadian actor and producer
• 1970 » Georgios Amanatidis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1970 » Greg Garcia, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1970 » Jason Stoltenberg, Australian tennis player
• 1970 » Josh Todd, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1970 » Yelena Yelesina, Russian high jumper
• 1971 » Malik Yusef, American actor, producer, and poet
• 1971 » Yanic Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1961 » Harald Riipalu, Estonian military commander (b. 1912)
• 1961 » Simion Stoilow, Romanian mathematician and academic (b. 1873)
• 1967 » Al Lewis, American songwriter (b. 1901)
• 1967 » Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1898)
• 1968 » Martin Luther King Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (assassinated)(b. 1929)
• 1972 » Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., American pastor and politician (b. 1908)
• 1972 » Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer and academic (b. 1902)
• 1976 » Harry Nyquist, Swedish engineer and theorist (b. 1889)
• 1977 » Andrey Dikiy, Ukrainian-American journalist, historian, and politician (b. 1893)
• 1979 » Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th President of Pakistan (b. 1928)

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. 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.
• April 1 » The first of over 670,000 AMC Gremlins are released into North America to compete with foreign imported cars.
• April 8 » Bahr El-Baqar primary school bombing: Israeli bombers strike an Egyptian school. Forty-six children are killed.
• April 26 » The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization enters into force.
• October 9 » The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.
• November 12 » The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.
• November 25 » In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt.

The temperature on April 4, 1970 was between 0.2 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.