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• Johannes Jacobus Jan Kaslander, Zalt-Bommel († 1994)
• Willem Rovers, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1970)
• Andries Johannes (Dries) Orre, amsterdam, Nederland († 2010)
• Yvette Budé, unbekannt († 2013)
• Jill Christine Bohlsen
• H.J. Tempert († 1994)
• Vernon Lee Dye († 2018)
• Edwin Willem Theodoor Vermaat, Haarlem († 2023)
• Mandy Broshuis († 2011)

• Berthe Laure MASUREL (83), Croix, 59163, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Cornelis Jacobs (75), Steenbergen
• Adrianus Jacobus Bogers (86), Bergen op Zoom, Nederland
• Anje Sijpkes (78)
• Anje Sijpkes (78), Emmen
• Carlton Harry BIRD (67), Waterbury,New Haven County,Conn,United States
• Antonius Wilhelmus Marsman (78), Hengelo, Overijsel The Netherlands
• Anna Maria Helena Paes (66), Luik, Liège, Belgium
• Anna Elisabeth Blom (54), Rotterdam, Z. Holland, Nederland
• Albert van der Molen (88), Noordwijk, gem. Marum, Groningen, Nederland

• 1969 » Jack Black, American actor and comedian
• 1969 » Jason Priestley, Canadian actor, director, and producer
• 1969 » Mary McCartney, English photographer and activist
• 1969 » Pierre Turgeon, Canadian-American ice hockey player
• 1969 » Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and Founder of Leanin.org
• 1970 » Melina Aslanidou, German-Greek singer-songwriter
• 1970 » Rick Recht, American singer-songwriter
• 1971 » Janet Evans, American swimmer
• 1971 » Shane Andrews, American baseball player
• 1971 » Todd Eldredge, American figure skater and coach

• 1959 » Bohuslav Martinů, Czech-American composer and educator (b. 1890)
• 1965 » Giulio Racah, Italian-Israeli physicist and mathematician (b. 1909)
• 1968 » Dimitris Pikionis, Greek architect and academic (b. 1887)
• 1971 » Reuvein Margolies, Israeli author and scholar (b. 1889)
• 1972 » Prince William of Gloucester (b. 1941)
• 1975 » Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)
• 1976 » Anissa Jones, American actress (b. 1958)
• 1978 » Bruce Catton, American historian and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1978 » Robert Shaw, English actor (b. 1927)
• 1981 » Béla Guttmann, Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1900)

• 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 5 » The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
• March 6 » An explosion at the Weather Underground safe house in Greenwich Village kills three.
• April 1 » The first of over 670,000 AMC Gremlins are released into North America to compete with foreign imported cars.
• June 11 » After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army Generals, becoming the first women to do so.
• October 9 » The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.
• December 21 » First flight of F-14 multi-role combat aircraft.

The temperature on August 28, 1970 was between 8.9 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (86%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.