About the day » Thursday May 21, 1970Calender converter

• John van der Sanden, Heemstede,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Andrea Marina Nummerdor, Gemeente Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1997)
• Engelina van Dijk († 2014)
• Kevin Lee Haston, Alamosa, County († 1988)
• Thomas S Wright, Trenton, Michigan, United States († 2015)
• Adriaan Lelyveld († 1973)
• Simone Kamerling, Rotterdam
• Heather M. Smith, San Diego, CA

• Cornelis Adriaan Visser (73), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Bernard James McCormick Jr (63), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Byrd Hanneman (86), Craig, Burt, Nebraska, United States
• * Martinus Pulles (71), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Antonius Appel (78), Spanbroek
• Cornelia de Swart (72), Leiden
• Aaltje Holdijk (89), Arnhem Gld. NL
• Anthonius Appel (78), Spanbroek
• Elisabeth Angenes Zwirs (68), Den Helder
• catharina smits (81), amsterdam

• 1968 » Ilmar Raag, Estonian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1969 » Brian Statham, Rhodesian born English footballer, defender and manager
• 1969 » George LeMieux, American lawyer and politician
• 1969 » Georgiy Gongadze, Georgian-Ukrainian journalist and director († 2000)
• 1969 » Masayo Kurata, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1969 » Pierluigi Brivio, Italian footballer
• 1970 » Brigita Bukovec, Slovenian hurdler
• 1970 » Carl Veart, Australian footballer and coach
• 1970 » Dorsey Levens, American football player and sportscaster
• 1970 » Pauline Menczer, Australian surfer

• 1957 » Alexander Vertinsky, Ukrainian-Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1889)
• 1964 » James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Geoffrey de Havilland, English pilot and engineer, designed the de Havilland Mosquito (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Marguerite Bise, French chef (b. 1898)
• 1968 » Doris Lloyd, English actress (b. 1896)
• 1970 » E. L. Grant Watson, English-Australian biologist and author (b. 1885)
• 1973 » Ivan Konev, Soviet Marshal and general (b. 1897)
• 1973 » Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, bandleader, and actor (b. 1911)
• 1981 » Patsy O'Hara, INLA volunteer (b. 1957)
• 1981 » Raymond McCreesh, PIRA volunteer (b. 1957)

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 1 » The first of over 670,000 AMC Gremlins are released into North America to compete with foreign imported cars.
• May 1 » Vietnam War: Protests erupt following the announcement by Richard Nixon that the U.S. and South Vietnamese forces would attack Vietnamese communists in a Cambodian Campaign.
• May 31 » The 7.9 M_w  Ancash earthquake shakes Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) and a landslide buries the town of Yungay, Peru. Between 66,794–70,000 were killed and 50,000 were injured.
• July 21 » After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.
• November 10 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization: For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia.
• December 2 » The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.

The temperature on May 21, 1970 was between 7.6 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.