About the day » Monday January 12, 1970Calender converter

• Erik Moerkens, Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jeroen Dijkman, Castricum
• Daniel Eugene Klopfenstein, Saint Mary's, Auglaize Co. Ohio († 2013)
• Gregory Todd Garrett, Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma († 1991)
• Frédéric Marre († 1989)
• Jason Edward Louviere, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, United States of America († 2000)
• Darren Thomas Price, Adelaide († 1995)
• René Holtjer, Stadskanaal, Nederland († 2015)

• Agnes Sevriens (84)
• Abraham Johannes van Dartel (84), Ammerzoden
• Aleida Lussenburg (78), Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Meinderts van der Meulen (70), Burdaard
• Aleida Siebum (78), Erica
• Anton Spierenburg (78), Katwijk, Netherlands
• Antonius Joannes Dekkers (65), Waalwijk
• Anna van Solms-Wildenfels (79), Driebergen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Barendina Willemina van der Staal (59), Rotterdam
• Adriana Margaretha Smith (62), Amsterdam

• 1968 » Heather Mills, English businesswoman, activist and model
• 1968 » Junichi Masuda, Japanese director, producer, and composer
• 1968 » Mauro Silva, Brazilian footballer
• 1969 » David Mitchell, English novelist
• 1969 » Margaret Nagle, American screenwriter and producer
• 1970 » Raekwon, American rapper and member of East Coast hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan
• 1970 » Zack de la Rocha, American singer-songwriter
• 1971 » Scott Burrell, American basketball player and coach
• 1972 » Espen Knutsen, Norwegian ice hockey player and coach
• 1972 » Priyanka Gandhi, Indian politician

• 1958 » Charles Hatfield, American meteorologist (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Nevil Shute, English engineer and author (b. 1899)
• 1962 » Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1869)
• 1965 » Lorraine Hansberry, American author, playwright, and director (b. 1936)
• 1967 » Burhan Asaf Belge, Turkish diplomat (b. 1887)
• 1971 » John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (b. 1885)
• 1973 » Roy Franklin Nichols, American historian and academic (b. 1896)
• 1974 » Princess Patricia of Connaught (b. 1886)
• 1976 » Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1977 » Henri-Georges Clouzot, French director and screenwriter (b. 1907)

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. Ingrid
8. Linda
9. Petra
10. Anna
11. Yvonne
12. Patricia
13. Astrid
14. Jolanda
15. Nathalie
16. Elisabeth

• 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 6 » Newhall massacre: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout.
• June 21 » Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy in what was the largest U.S. corporate bankruptcy to date.
• August 23 » Organized by Mexican American labor union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, begins.
• September 1 » Palestinian guerrillas attack the motorcade of King Hussein of Jordan in a failed assassination attempt.
• November 4 » Salvador Allende takes office as President of Chile, the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections.
• December 21 » First flight of F-14 multi-role combat aircraft.

The temperature on January 12, 1970 was between 1.2 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.