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• Marielle Tolsma, Maassluis
• Jaqueline van Steenis († 2024)
• Shane Justin (Shoodles) HILLIER († 2006)

• Antonie PASTERKAMP (63), Zaandam, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Pasterkamp (63), Zaandam, Gemeente Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• * Gerrit van den Bosch (77), Hazerswoude
• Anthonia Johanna Miltenburg, van (63), Tiel
• Anthonia Johanna van Miltenburg (63), Tiel
• Akke HUITEMA (70), Bolsward, FR. NL
• Carlos Henrique Robertson Liberalli (61), Brasil
• Annigje Mol (84)
• Albert Hendriks Ras (78), Emmeloord
• Albertus Marinus (91)

• 1968 » Jim Caviezel, American actor
• 1969 » Andy Petterson, Australian footballer and coach
• 1969 » David Slade, English director and producer
• 1969 » Holger Stanislawski, German footballer and manager
• 1969 » Paul Warhurst, English footballer and manager
• 1970 » Daryl Beattie, Australian motorcycle rider
• 1970 » David Parland, Swedish guitarist († 2013)
• 1970 » Sheri Moon Zombie, American actress and fashion designer
• 1972 » Beto O'Rourke, American politician
• 1972 » Ras Kass, American rapper and producer

• 1965 » James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot (b. 1898)
• 1968 » Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin, Polish-Israeli neurologist and physician (b. 1902)
• 1968 » Daniel Johnson, Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec (b. 1915)
• 1968 » Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist (b. 1918)
• 1972 » Charles Correll, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1890)
• 1973 » Anna Magnani, Italian actress and singer (b. 1908)
• 1973 » Ralph Earnhardt, American race car driver (b. 1923)
• 1973 » Samuel Flagg Bemis, American historian and author (b. 1891)
• 1976 » Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1977 » Uday Shankar, Indian dancer and choreographer (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.
• January 5 » The 7.1 M_w  Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 10,000 and 15,000 people are known to have been killed and about another 26,000 are injured.
• March 28 » An earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring 1,260.
• April 24 » China launches Dong Fang Hong I, becoming the fifth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
• May 11 » The 1970 Lubbock tornado kills 26 and causes $250million in damage.
• May 31 » The 7.9 M_w  Ancash earthquake shakes Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) and a landslide buries the town of Yungay, Peru. Between 66,794–70,000 were killed and 50,000 were injured.
• September 19 » Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos.

The temperature on September 26, 1970 was between 10.9 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.