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• Ronald Rijnvos, Oudenbosch,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1982)
• Danny George CRACK († 1971)
• Maria Josephina Johan Marlies Beister, Oirsbeek, Limburg, Nederland
• Wim Van Brabant, Aalst

• Cornelis Gijsbertus van Velthuisen (61)
• Adriana Poelwijk (70), Vinkeveen en Waverveen 60
• Archie Clinton Merryman (79), Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, VS
• Adrianus Jacobus Alfonsus (Janus) Thewes (68), Bergen op Zoom
• Cornelia Johanna van Tongeren (84), Oijen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Adriaan van Schendel (79), Geertruidenberg
• Albert Hofstede (67), Bergentheim
• Antonius Adrianus van den Zanden (64), Tilburg
• Cornelia Vink (80), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Augustine Mortelmans (105)

• 1968 » Aleksandr Mostovoi, Russian footballer
• 1968 » Casper Christensen, Danish comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1968 » Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian businesswoman
• 1968 » Horst Skoff, Austrian tennis player († 2008)
• 1968 » Rich Lowry, American writer and magazine editor (National Review)
• 1970 » Charlie Connelly, English author and broadcaster
• 1970 » Giada De Laurentiis, Italian-American chef and author
• 1970 » Tímea Nagy, Hungarian fencer
• 1971 » Craig Finn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 » Okkert Brits, South African pole vaulter

• 1963 » William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors (b. 1877)
• 1967 » Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American biologist and academic, co-created the birth-control pill (b. 1903)
• 1970 » Vladimir Propp, Russian philologist and scholar (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, biologist, and author (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (b. 1902)
• 1977 » Chunseong, Korean monk, philosopher and writer (b. 1891)
• 1977 » Sebastian Cabot, English actor (b. 1918)
• 1978 » Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan journalist and politician, 1st President of Kenya (b. 1894)
• 1979 » James T. Farrell, American novelist, short-story writer, and poet (b. 1904)

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.
• April 17 » Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
• June 15 » Charles Manson goes on trial for the Sharon Tate murders.
• July 3 » The Troubles: The "Falls Curfew" begins in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• July 31 » Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.
• 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.
• September 16 » King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the conflict which became to be known as Black September.

The temperature on August 22, 1970 was between 10.3 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.