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• Bradley John Eckhoff († 2004)
• Haukeline Hermine Zijlstra, Winschoten
• Terrence Shane Soles ****, Loris, Horry, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Marcel Mark, Rotterdam († 2004)
• Thomas DE CAMPENAERE, Ieper,8900,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie († 2021)
• Tara Leigh Boeskool, El Centro († 1971)

• Catharina Maatje Musegaas (77), Katwijk aan de Rijn
• Bernardus Johannes Haring (48)
• Cornelia Helena Maria van Dijk (66), Den Hoorn
• Barbara Both (88), Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
• Antonie Jansens (72), Dongen
• Alphonsus Louisa Kindt (79), Hulst,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aafje Achter (71), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius Theodorus Jozephus Augustinus Donders (61), Tilburg
• Adriana 't Hart (75), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Christina Adriana Stuart (75), Bergen Op Zoom, Bergen Op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1968 » Hami Mandıralı, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1968 » Jimmy Carson, American ice hockey player
• 1968 » Kool G Rap, American hip-hop artist
• 1969 » Giovanni Lombardi, Italian cyclist
• 1969 » Joon Park, South Korean-American singer
• 1969 » Josh Holloway, American actor
• 1969 » Kreso Kovacec, Croatian-German footballer
• 1969 » Tobi Vail, American singer and guitarist
• 1971 » Charles Johnson, American baseball player
• 1971 » Sandra Oh, Canadian actress

• 1965 » Batukeshwar Dutt, Indian activist (b. 1910)
• 1968 » Bray Hammond, American historian and author (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Iain Macleod, English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1913)
• 1972 » Geeta Dutt, Indian singer and actress (b. 1930)
• 1973 » Bruce Lee, American actor and martial artist (b. 1940)
• 1973 » Robert Smithson, American photographer and sculptor (b. 1938)
• 1974 » Allen Jenkins, American actor and singer (b. 1900)
• 1974 » Kamal Dasgupta, Bengali music director, composer and folk artist. (b. 1912)
• 1976 » Joseph Rochefort, American captain and cryptanalyst (b. 1900)
• 1977 » Gary Kellgren, American record producer, co-founded Record Plant (b. 1939)

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.
• April 15 » During the Cambodian Civil War, massacre of the Vietnamese minority results in 800 bodies flowing down the Mekong river into South Vietnam.
• April 24 » China launches Dong Fang Hong I, becoming the fifth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
• May 9 » Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 75,000 to 100,000 war protesters demonstrate in front of the White House.
• September 5 » Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins: The United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province.
• November 25 » In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt.
• December 23 » The Democratic Republic of the Congo officially becomes a one-party state.

The temperature on July 20, 1970 was between 10.3 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 11.6 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.