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• Erik Bakermans († 1996)
• Anita Woutera Harderman, Creil (NOP)
• Nn Amelung, Utrecht
• Marianne Vink, Scheveningen († 1970)
• Teake van der Wal († 2015)

• Aloysius Anthonius Plasmeijer (69), Vorden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Jans BRANDS (74)
• Anje Dinkla (90), Winschoten (gem. Oldambt)
• Antje Andries Bosma (77), Opsterland
• Amy Walker (94), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America
• Agnes Gertrude Hooft (36)
• Aloysius Antonius Plasmeijer (70), Vorden
• Antje Schuring (70)
• Antje Brands (74), Warffum
• Alfred (David) Levi (74), Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

• 1967 » Aaron Krickstein, American tennis player
• 1968 » Stefan Effenberg, German footballer and sportscaster
• 1969 » Cedric Ceballos, American basketball player
• 1969 » Fernando Couto, Portuguese footballer and manager
• 1970 » Kevin Smith, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1970 » Philo Wallace, Barbadian cricketer
• 1970 » Tony Amonte, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1971 » Jason Bell, Australian rugby league player
• 1971 » Michael Hughes, Irish footballer and manager
• 1972 » Mohamed Al-Deayea, Saudi Arabian footballer

• 1963 » Oliver La Farge, American anthropologist and author (b. 1901)
• 1967 » Walter Terence Stace, English-American epistemologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Angus MacFarlane-Grieve, English academic, mathematician, rower, and soldier (b. 1891)
• 1972 » Brian Cole, American bass player (b. 1942)
• 1972 » Helen Hoyt, American poet and author (b. 1887)
• 1972 » Paul Goodman, American psychotherapist and author (b. 1911)
• 1973 » Jean-Pierre Melville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
• 1974 » Douglas Hawkes, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1893)
• 1976 » Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1890)
• 1976 » László Kalmár, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1905)

• 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 24 » The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President.
• June 21 » Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy in what was the largest U.S. corporate bankruptcy to date.
• September 11 » The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.
• November 5 » The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).
• November 18 » U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for $155 million in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government.
• December 2 » The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.

The temperature on August 2, 1970 was between 15.7 °C and 27.0 °C and averaged 21.9 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.