About the day » Monday August 31, 1970Calender converter

• Yvonne Kemner, Australie
• Nn Poortier, Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1970)
• Theo Pelders († 1974)
• Jeanet Petra Botter, Hoogeveen († 2019)
• Marinus Hille van Baaren, Vlieland, Friesland, Nederland († 2019)

• Albertje Doosjen (73), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelis van Ojik (74)
• Anna Ruiter, de (68)
• Aaldert Vos (74), Steenwijk
• Cornelia Elisabeth Hulscher (51), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Sautois (69), Tubize
• Dick Tjeertes (24), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Dirk Groeneveld (81), Beverwijk
• Cornelis Verheijen (88), Zundert (NL)
• Antoine Cornil GASPAR (63), Arbrefontaine,4990,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE

• 1969 » Javagal Srinath, Indian cricketer and referee
• 1969 » Jonathan LaPaglia, Australian actor and physician
• 1969 » Nathalie Bouvier, French skier
• 1970 » Arie van Lent, Dutch-German footballer and manager
• 1970 » Debbie Gibson, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1970 » Greg Mulholland, English politician
• 1970 » Nikola Gruevski, Macedonian economist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia
• 1970 » Queen Rania of Jordan
• 1970 » Zack Ward, Canadian actor and producer
• 1971 » Kirstie Allsopp, British TV presenter

• 1963 » Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor (b. 1882)
• 1965 » E. E. Smith, American engineer and author (b. 1890)
• 1967 » Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian journalist and author (b. 1891)
• 1968 » John Hartle, English motorcycle racer (b. 1933)
• 1969 » Rocky Marciano, American boxer (b. 1923)
• 1973 » John Ford, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1974 » Norman Kirk, New Zealand engineer and politician, 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1923)
• 1974 » William Pershing Benedict, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1978 » John Wrathall, Rhodesian accountant and politician, 2nd President of Rhodesia (b. 1913)
• 1979 » Sally Rand, American actress and dancer (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. Sandra
3. Monique
4. Karin
5. Johanna
6. Esther
7. Linda
8. Ingrid
9. Petra
10. Anna
11. Yvonne
12. Patricia
13. Astrid
14. Jolanda
15. Elisabeth
16. Nathalie

• 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 2 » Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
• March 28 » An earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring 1,260.
• April 11 » Apollo 13 is launched.
• August 29 » Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Rubén Salazar.
• September 12 » Dawson's Field hijackings: Palestinian terrorists blow up three hijacked airliners in Jordan, continuing to hold the passengers hostage in various undisclosed locations in Amman.
• October 9 » The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.

The temperature on August 31, 1970 was between 9.7 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.