About the day » Saturday February 21, 1970Calender converter

• Carolien Veld, Avereest († 1970)
• Karin Veld († 1970)
• Michael Adrianus Johannes Wolf, Renkum, Gelderland, Netherlands († 2018)
• Bernardus Johann Coers, Phoenix, Maricopa County († 1970)
• Carola Erica Jacobusdr. Moleman, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Roelof Pieter Hilbrink, Vledder, Wilhelminaoord, Drenthe, Nederland
• Glen James Porter, Adelaide, South Australia, Australië († 1993)

• Aaltje KNOOP (60)
• Aaltje Baardman (81)
• Catharina van Haaren (81), Millingen aan de Rijn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annie Otis Tidmore (72)
• Andries Zwaan (38), Hoorn,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina van Haren (81), Millingen aan de Rijn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Benjamin L Westrich (75), New Hamburg, Scott County, Missouri
• Alida Margaretha Marrenga (76), Warnsveld
• Alberdina Hendrika Bouwmeester (78), Vaassen
• Augustus David Brokaw (83), Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota

• 1967 » Leroy Burrell, American runner and coach
• 1969 » Aunjanue Ellis, American actress and producer
• 1969 » Cathy Richardson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1969 » James Dean Bradfield, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (Manic Street Preachers)
• 1969 » Petra Kronberger, Austrian skier
• 1969 » Tony Meola, American soccer player and manager
• 1970 » Eric Wilson, American bass player and drummer
• 1970 » Michael Slater, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
• 1971 » Pierre Fulke, Swedish golfer
• 1972 » Seo Taiji, South Korean singer-songwriter

• 1958 » Duncan Edwards, English footballer (b. 1936)
• 1965 » Malcolm X, American minister and activist (b. 1925; assassinated)
• 1967 » Charles Beaumont, American author and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 1968 » Howard Florey, Australian pathologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
• 1972 » Bronislava Nijinska, Russian-American dancer and choreographer (b. 1891)
• 1972 » Eugène Tisserant, French cardinal (b. 1884)
• 1972 » Zhang Guohua, Chinese general and politician (b. 1914)
• 1974 » Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, co-founded Tim Hortons (b. 1930)
• 1980 » Alfred Andersch, German-Swiss author (b. 1914)
• 1982 » Gershom Scholem, German-Israeli historian and philosopher (b. 1897)

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.
• March 18 » Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
• July 3 » Dan-Air Flight 1903 crashes into the Les Agudes mountain in the Montseny Massif near the village of Arbúcies in Catalonia, Spain, killing all 112 people aboard.
• July 23 » Qaboos bin Said al Said becomes Sultan of Oman after overthrowing his father, Said bin Taimur initiating massive reforms, modernization programs and end to a decade long civil war.
• October 2 » An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people.
• November 12 » The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.
• December 17 » Polish protests: In Gdynia, soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens.

The temperature on February 21, 1970 was between 1.9 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 17.8 mm of rain during 15.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.