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• Ronald Wilhelmus Martinus Gertrudis Derks, Venray, Limburg, Netherlands († 1970)
• Claudia Posthumus, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Roger Gerardus Hendrika Willem van den Eshof, Heusden L. (België)
• Roger van den Eshof, Heusden (België)
• "Amanda" Johanna Maria Stroink, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Ilse M.a. Janssens († 1970)
• N.N. van de Streek († 1970)

• Aaltje Palm (84), Doetinchem
• Berend H. "Ben" Bruns (85), Kesley, Butler Co., IA
• Ale Laskewitz (75)
• Alida Fatels (85), Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Fatels (85), Heemskerk
• Alberdina Lammina Tjemmes (79), Den Haag
• Barteltje Jans Jelsma (88), Nieuwehorne, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Theresia Cransveld (83), Sittard,, Limburg, Nederland
• Barend Gerrit Croes (75), 's-Gravenhage
• ANTONIUS BURGERING (63), Epe

• 1968 » Bobby Sheehan, American bass player and songwriter († 1999)
• 1968 » Htay Kywe, Burmese activist
• 1968 » Scott Aldred, American baseball player and coach
• 1969 » Héctor Garza, Mexican wrestler († 2013)
• 1969 » Heinz-Christian Strache, Austrian politician
• 1969 » Mathieu Schneider, American ice hockey player
• 1969 » Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian guitarist († 2007)
• 1971 » Jérôme Romain, Caribbean-Dominican triple jumper and coach
• 1971 » Mark Henry, American weightlifter and wrestler
• 1971 » Ryan Klesko, American baseball player

• 1962 » John Ireland, English composer and educator (b. 1879)
• 1963 » Medgar Evers, American soldier and activist (b. 1925)
• 1966 » Hermann Scherchen, German viola player and conductor (b. 1891)
• 1968 » Herbert Read, English poet and critic (b. 1893)
• 1969 » Aleksandr Deyneka, Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1899)
• 1972 » Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar, Indian writer and documentary filmmaker (b. 1909)
• 1972 » Edmund Wilson, American critic, essayist, and editor (b. 1895)
• 1976 » Gopinath Kaviraj, Indian philosopher and scholar (b. 1887)
• 1978 » Georg Siimenson, Estonian footballer (b. 1912)
• 1978 » Guo Moruo, Chinese historian, author, and poet (b. 1892)

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.
• March 31 » Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit.
• May 14 » Andreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and others, a pivotal moment in the formation of the Red Army Faction.
• June 4 » Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• October 5 » The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.
• November 9 » Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes 6–3 against hearing a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war.
• December 15 » Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 successfully lands on Venus. It is the first successful soft landing on another planet.

The temperature on June 12, 1970 was between 9.9 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.