About the day » Thursday April 23, 1970Calender converter

• Jacqueline Helena Alberdina Braam, Heerlen
• Harrie Roesink († 1996)
• Willem Jacob van Duijvenbode, Katwijk († 1970)
• Jan-Hein van Gorp, Veghel († 1994)
• Shane Colin McNEAR, Perth, Western Australia, Australia († 1994)
• Karin Roseboom, Apeldoorn
• Dirk Meersschaut, Aalst († 2002)

• Branca do Amaral Mello (61)
• Anna Petronella Cornelia Maria Jongen (63), Tilburg
• Anna Petronella Cornelia Maria Jongen (63), Tilburg
• Braspenning Adrianus (62), Weelde,Antwerpen, België
• Anna Mechelina Kokx (63), Oosterhout
• Constance Kerr (84)
• Cornelis Hubertus VERHEIJEN (72)
• Bernardus Bax (71), Sassenheim, Nederland
• Antonius van Doorn (84), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries Zwaan (65), Opmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1968 » Bas Haring, Dutch philosopher, writer, television presenter and professor.
• 1968 » Ken McRae, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1969 » Martín López-Zubero, American-Spanish swimmer and coach
• 1969 » Yelena Shushunova, Russian gymnast
• 1970 » Andrew Gee, Australian rugby league player and manager
• 1970 » Dennis Culp, American singer-songwriter and trombonist
• 1970 » Egemen Bağış, Turkish politician, 1st Minister of European Union Affairs
• 1970 » Hans Välimäki, Finnish chef and author
• 1970 » Tayfur Havutçu, Turkish international footballer and manager
• 1971 » Uli Herzner, German-American fashion designer

• 1959 » Bak Jungyang, Korean politician
• 1965 » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)
• 1966 » George Ohsawa, Japanese founder of the Macrobiotic diet (b. 1893)
• 1981 » Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
• 1984 » Red Garland, American pianist (b. 1923)
• 1985 » Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (b. 1916)
• 1985 » Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1896)
• 1986 » Harold Arlen, American composer (b. 1905)
• 1986 » Jim Laker, English cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1922)

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. 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 15 » During the Cambodian Civil War, massacre of the Vietnamese minority results in 800 bodies flowing down the Mekong river into South Vietnam.
• August 24 » Vietnam War protesters bomb Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, leading to an international manhunt for the perpetrators.
• September 7 » Bill Shoemaker beats Johnny Longden's record to become the winningest jockey in horse racing history at Del Mar racetrack
• October 5 » The British Trade Commissioner is kidnapped by members of the FLQ, triggering the October Crisis in Canada.
• October 10 » Canada's October Crisis escalates when Quebec's vice-premier is kidnapped by members of the FLQ.
• November 4 » Salvador Allende takes office as President of Chile, the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections.

The temperature on April 23, 1970 was between 9.0 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.