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• Rolf Mario de Riet, Emmen († 1970)
• Terri Flood Benick († 2008)
• Berend Wever, Utrecht
• Adriana Helena Hage

• Anna Aldegonda Alllegonda Nefkens (90), Dordrecht
• Charles Mcdonald Kersey (41), Richmond, Henrico, VA
• Blanche Blaine Henry (62), Springfield, Clark, Ohio, United States
• Boele Gerrits van der Heide (101), Boelenslaan
• Bastiana KOZIJN (63), heerewaarden
• August Daniël Beijnvoort (76), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Haine (61)
• * Theodorus Petrus Anthonius Marie Kabel (79), den Helder
• Boele Gerrits van der Heide (101)
• Charles Setton (49), Heesch

• 1968 » Ralph Tresvant, American singer and producer
• 1969 » David Boreanaz, American actor
• 1969 » Steve Lewis, American sprinter
• 1969 » Tucker Carlson, American journalist, co-founded The Daily Caller
• 1970 » Danielle Spencer, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1970 » Gabriela Sabatini, Argentinian tennis player
• 1971 » Phil Clarke, English rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1971 » Rachel Goswell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 » Christian Califano, French rugby player
• 1972 » Matthew Hart, New Zealand cricketer

• 1956 » H. B. Reese, American candy-maker and businessman, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (b. 1876)
• 1957 » Eliot Ness, American federal agent (b. 1903)
• 1961 » George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1881)
• 1973 » Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian-American sculptor (b. 1891)
• 1977 » Modibo Keïta, Malian politician, 1st President of Mali (b. 1915)
• 1979 » A. Philip Randolph, American union leader and activist (b. 1889)
• 1981 » Ernie Freeman, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1922)
• 1981 » Willy Hartner, German physician and academic (b. 1905)
• 1984 » Andy Kaufman, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1949)
• 1984 » Irwin Shaw, American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1913)

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.
• April 10 » Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
• April 22 » The first Earth Day is celebrated.
• April 24 » China launches Dong Fang Hong I, becoming the fifth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
• September 4 » Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.
• October 10 » Fiji becomes independent.
• November 17 » Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre.

The temperature on May 16, 1970 was between 11.4 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.