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• Lieve Gielen, Geel (B), België († 2006)
• Willy Patricia Lieuw Kie Song, Paramaribo-Suriname († 2020)
• Martin Kwant, Haarlem († 1978)
• Valerie Kay Hiemstra, New York City, New York County, New York († 1970)
• Margit Wendelboe Petersen
• Matthew Robert Mefford, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Jos Hendriks († 1996)
• Carrie Elizabeth Zuti, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Chellie L CHRISTIANSEN, Gunnison, Sanpete County, Utah, United States of America († 2001)
• Bradley Albert Cheeseman († 1972)

• Colin RANGER (21), Sussex
• Colette Grégoir (19), Kerkom, België
• Annechien Prins (84)
• Albertina M. G. Schmaltz (49), Traverse City, Grand Traverse Co., MI
• Alphonsus Josephus Sommen (65), Baarle-Nassau
• Aaltje Spaan (87), Doornspijk, Nederland
• Adriana Petronella Bijkerk (77), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Petrus Franzani (71), rotterdam
• Dirk Johannes van Acaboa (67), Amsterdam
• David Dunn BIRD (57), Newcastle Upon Tyne

• 1968 » Marc Anthony, American singer-songwriter, actor, and producer
• 1968 » Walt Becker, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1969 » Janno Gibbs, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor
• 1969 » Justine Frischmann, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1970 » Mark Schultz, American singer-songwriter
• 1971 » Amy Poehler, American actress, comedian, and producer
• 1971 » Charlie Jacobs, chief executive officer of Delaware North's Boston Holdings
• 1971 » Joel Heyman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 » Richard Slinger, American wrestler
• 1971 » Shawntel Smith, American beauty pageant contestant

• 1961 » Fatin Rüştü Zorlu, Turkish diplomat and politician, 21st Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1910)
• 1961 » Hasan Polatkan, Turkish politician, 15th Turkish Minister of Finance (b. 1915)
• 1965 » Ahn Eak-tai, North Korean composer and conductor (b. 1906)
• 1965 » Fred Quimby, American animator and producer (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, teacher and theatre director (b. 1932)
• 1976 » Bertha Lutz, Brazilian feminist and scientist (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
• 1977 » Maria Callas, Greek operatic soprano (b. 1923)
• 1980 » Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher (b. 1896)
• 1984 » Louis Réard, French engineer and fashion designer, created the bikini (b. 1897)

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.
• March 4 » French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew.
• March 21 » The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco.
• May 26 » The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
• September 28 » Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack in Cairo.
• November 12 » The 1970 Bhola cyclone makes landfall on the coast of East Pakistan becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone in history.
• November 12 » The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.

The temperature on September 16, 1970 was between 9.5 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 32.1 mm of rain during 8.0 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.