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Born on Sunday May 17, 1970
Died on Sunday May 17, 1970



Born on May 17

Died on May 17

Names that were popular for boys in 1970
  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
Names that were popular for girls in 1970
  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

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1970
  • 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 11 » Apollo 13 is launched.
  • June 21 » Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy in what was the largest U.S. corporate bankruptcy to date.
  • August 29 » Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Rubén Salazar.
  • October 9 » The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.
  • October 26 » Muhammad Ali boxes for the first time after Ali's three-year hiatus due to draft evasion.
  • November 5 » The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).
Weather May 17, 1970

The temperature on May 17, 1970 was between 9.4 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.

Source: KNMI