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• Eric Arthur Roovers, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1970)
• Jeroen Edwin Roovers, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1970)
• Jacob Bruning, Tietjerk, Friesland, Netherlands († 1970)
• Steven ten Hoor († 2014)
• Augusta Louise van Eeghen, Driebergen († 1973)
• Amy Jo Van Heerde († 1970)
• Danielle Carolus, Valkenswaard,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Markus Johannes Nicolaas Vissers, Raamsdonksveer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2011)

• Christina Engelina Hendrika Verheul (90), 's Gravenhage
• Adrianus Doornenbal (86), Kockengen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius Struijs (72), Roosendaal (Roosendaal en Nispen) (Noord-Brabant)
• Anton Arnold Joseph Marie Fens (82), Eindhoven
• Adriaan Oele (78), Goes
• Abraham Johannes Pieter van den Bos (53), Den Haag
• August, Aloysius Van Vynckt (77), Oedelem,8730,West Vlaanderen,Vlaanderen,België
• Adriana van Hartingsveldt (90), Badhoevedorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Clair A. Patterson (69), Allen Co. Ohio
• Antje Jacobs Kalma (81)

• 1968 » Tony Hawk, American skateboarder and actor
• 1969 » Kim Fields, American actress
• 1969 » Suzanne Clément, Canadian actress
• 1970 » David A. R. White, American actor and producer
• 1970 » Jim Furyk, American golfer
• 1970 » Mark Foster, English swimmer
• 1970 » Mike Weir, Canadian golfer
• 1970 » Samantha Mathis, American actress
• 1971 » Doug Basham, American wrestler
• 1971 » Jamie Luner, American actress

• 1963 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1963 » Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor (b. 1875)
• 1966 » Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (b. 1896)
• 1967 » John Masefield, English poet and author (b. 1878)
• 1970 » Nelly Sachs, German poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Heinie Manush, American baseball player and coach (b. 1901)
• 1973 » Art Pollard, American race car driver (b. 1927)
• 1973 » Frances Marion, American screenwriter, novelist and journalist (b. 1888)
• 1974 » Wayne Maki, Canadian National Hockey League player (b. 1944)

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.
• January 15 » Nigerian Civil War: Biafran rebels surrender following an unsuccessful 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria.
• June 4 » Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• June 21 » Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy in what was the largest U.S. corporate bankruptcy to date.
• July 31 » Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.
• September 1 » Palestinian guerrillas attack the motorcade of King Hussein of Jordan in a failed assassination attempt.
• December 21 » First flight of F-14 multi-role combat aircraft.

The temperature on May 12, 1970 was between 10.8 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.