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Born on Sunday October 18, 1970
- Winston Dawson, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
- Willeke Verburg († 2021)
- Ronnie Bikker († 1979)
- Frederik Prins van en tot Liechtenstein, Judenburg, Steiermark († 1970)
- Friedrich Aloys Ottmar Ferdinand Alfred Maria von Liechtenstein († 1970)
- Arthur Haring
Died on Sunday October 18, 1970
- Augustijn Constant Maria Meeus (59), Morlanwelz Marimont
- Cornelia Kamp (80), Lisserbroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Adriana Cornelia Vlaander (81), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, NL
- Daniel Petrus Dreyer (79)
- Adriana van Styrum (84), Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands
- Désiré REMANS (56), Waterschei (Limburg) (B)
- Adolph van Gaalen (74)
- Aartje de Boer (83), Hoorn
- Adriana Johanna de Kwant (79), Rotterdam, ZH, The Netherlands
- Cornelis Tol (58)
Born on October 18
- 1968 » Michael Stich, German tennis player and sportscaster
- 1968 » Rhod Gilbert, Welsh comedian
- 1968 » Stuart Law, Australian cricketer and coach
- 1969 » Nelson Vivas, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
- 1969 » Volker Neumüller, German talent manager
- 1970 » Doug Mirabelli, American baseball player and coach
- 1970 » Mike Starink, Dutch television host and actor
- 1971 » Nick O'Hern, Australian golfer
- 1972 » Alex Tagliani, Canadian race car driver
- 1972 » Mika Ninagawa, Japanese photographer and director
Died on October 18
- 1965 » Henry Travers, Irish-American actor (b. 1874)
- 1966 » Elizabeth Arden, Canadian-American businesswoman, founded Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (b. 1878)
- 1966 » S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founded Kmart (b. 1867)
- 1973 » Leo Strauss, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1899)
- 1973 » Margaret Caroline Anderson, American publisher, founded The Little Review (b. 1886)
- 1973 » Walt Kelly, American illustrator and animator (b. 1913)
- 1975 » Al Lettieri, American actor (b. 1928)
- 1975 » Graham Haberfield, English actor (b. 1941)
- 1975 » K. C. Douglas, American rural blues singer (b. 1913)
- 1976 » Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author (b. 1895)
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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.
- January 1 » The defined beginning of Unix time, at 00:00:00.
- January 5 » The 7.1 Mw 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.
- March 4 » French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew.
- March 21 » The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco.
- September 19 » Michael Eavis hosts the first Glastonbury Festival.
- November 17 » Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre.
Weather October 18, 1970
The temperature on October 18, 1970 was between 1.2 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.