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• Irene Kosamu Nankamba († 1996)
• Cristina Do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazilië
• Mark Andrew Driessen, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada († 1986)
• Kristen Kay Ozinga
• Martin van den Brink († 1970)
• Karin Helene de Beurs, Ymuiden
• Martin van den Brink († 1970)
• robert dorssers, helden-koningslust
• Astrid Yvonne Winkelvoss, Harlingen († 1989)

• Bessie Maria Humphry (80), Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• "Alain" Hervé Marie Joseph de Saisy de Kerampuil (23), Léhon, Dinan, Côtes-d'Armor, France
• Andreas Jacobus BECX (75), Tilburg (NL/NB)
• Beelke van Eerden (82), Apeldoorn
• Anna Hubertina Leenders (78), Tegelen, Venlo
• Antonius Josephus Guillielmus Vandevoort (92), Nieuwerkerken, België
• Edwin Pearson Delmar CAVENDISH (62)
• Augusta Adriana Pierlot (72), Rotterdam
• André Louis René Labernardiere (73), Argenteuil, 95018, France
• Albertine "Dena" Masengarb (82), Geneseo, Henry, Illinois, Verenigde Staten

• 1968 » Kendo Kashin, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1968 » Marine Le Pen, French lawyer and politician
• 1968 » Oleh Luzhny, Ukrainian footballer and manager
• 1968 » Terri Clark, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1969 » Jackie Doyle-Price, English politician
• 1969 » Robert Scott, Australian rower
• 1969 » Vasbert Drakes, Barbadian cricketer
• 1969 » Venkatesh Prasad, Indian cricketer and coach
• 1970 » James Gunn, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 » Valdis Dombrovskis, Latvian academic and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Latvia

• 1957 » Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1959 » Edgar Guest, English-American journalist and poet (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
• 1963 » Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898)
• 1964 » Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1886)
• 1968 » Luther Perkins, American guitarist (b. 1928)
• 1978 » Jesse Haines, American baseball player and coach (b. 1893)
• 1980 » Harold L. Runnels, American soldier and politician (b. 1924)
• 1983 » Joan Robinson, English economist and author (b. 1903)
• 1983 » Judy Canova, American actress and comedian (b. 1913)

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. 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 1 » The first of over 670,000 AMC Gremlins are released into North America to compete with foreign imported cars.
• July 23 » Qaboos bin Said al Said becomes Sultan of Oman after overthrowing his father, Said bin Taimur initiating massive reforms, modernization programs and end to a decade long civil war.
• August 7 » California judge Harold Haley is taken hostage in his courtroom and killed during an effort to free George Jackson from police custody.
• November 5 » The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).
• November 12 » The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.
• November 21 » Vietnam War: Operation Ivory Coast: A joint United States Air Force and Army team raids the Sơn Tây prisoner-of-war camp in an attempt to free American prisoners of war thought to be held there.

The temperature on August 5, 1970 was between 13.5 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 20.1 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.