About the day » Wednesday June 17, 1970Calender converter

• Christian Théodore Debreil, Lillers, Pas de Calais, France († 1970)
• Eric Roelof Lambeek († 2019)
• Hans Jozef Eduard Van den Bergh, Essen, Antwerpen, België († 1970)

• Bernardus Nicolaas Gevers (66), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bouke Jagt (66), Fruitland Ontario, Canada
• Alida Wilhelmina Donker (87), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abe Gerben van der Werf (83), Meppel
• Alberdina Hendrika Francina Geistdörfer (92), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Baukje van Slooten (79)
• Cornelis Adrianus Biemans (51), Breda
• Cornelis KRAMER (81)
• Bartha Wilmink (82), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hendrina Peeters (89), Tegelen

• 1969 » Geoff Toovey, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1969 » Ilya Tsymbalar, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager († 2013)
• 1969 » Paul Tergat, Kenyan runner
• 1970 » Alan Dowson, English football manager and former professional player
• 1970 » Jason Hanson, American football player
• 1970 » Michael Showalter, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1970 » Popeye Jones, American basketball player and coach
• 1970 » Stéphane Fiset, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1970 » Will Forte, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
• 1971 » Paulina Rubio, Mexican pop singer

• 1961 » Jeff Chandler, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1963 » Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician (b. 1882)
• 1968 » José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1901)
• 1974 » Refik Koraltan, Turkish lawyer and politician, 8th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1889)
• 1975 » James Phinney Baxter III, American historian and academic (b. 1893)
• 1979 » Duffy Lewis, American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)
• 1979 » Hubert Ashton, English cricketer and politician (b. 1898)
• 1981 » Richard O'Connor, Indian-English general (b. 1889)
• 1981 » Zerna Sharp, American author and educator (b. 1889)
• 1982 » Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (b. 1920)

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. Ingrid
8. Linda
9. Petra
10. Anna
11. Yvonne
12. Patricia
13. Astrid
14. Jolanda
15. Elisabeth
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.
• 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.
• April 26 » The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization enters into force.
• May 11 » The 1970 Lubbock tornado kills 26 and causes $250million in damage.
• July 3 » The Troubles: The "Falls Curfew" begins in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• December 15 » Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 successfully lands on Venus. It is the first successful soft landing on another planet.
• December 23 » The Democratic Republic of the Congo officially becomes a one-party state.

The temperature on June 17, 1970 was between 13.0 °C and 27.1 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.