About the day » Thursday March 26, 1970Calender converter

• Marcel Hulsman († 2006)
• Angelique de Koning († 1972)
• Susanne Verstappen, Helden († 1971)

• Elisabeth Wouters (87), Turnhout (2300, Antwerpen)
• Cornelis Conrardus Joseph Boonen (43), Roermond
• Dirk Moerbeek (72), Schermerhorn, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Everdina Wilhelmina van Loon (66), Arnhem
• Callie Doris Winston Ferguson (77), Hale County, Texas
• Adriaan Groot Hulze (41)
• Alida Cornelia Muller (86), Den Haag
• Berendina Geertruida Buijting (89)
• Douwe Jitte Galama (49), Aduard
• Cornelius Frans van Reusel (82), Gent

• 1969 » Alessandro Moscardi, Italian rugby player
• 1970 » Jelle Goes, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1970 » Martin McDonagh, English-born Irish playwright, screenwriter, and director
• 1970 » Paul Bosvelt, Dutch footballer
• 1970 » Thomas Kyparissis, Greek footballer
• 1971 » Behzad Ghorbani, Iranian zoologist
• 1971 » Erick Morillo, Colombian-American DJ and producer
• 1971 » Martyn Day, Scottish politician
• 1971 » Paul Williams, English footballer and manager
• 1971 » Rennae Stubbs, Australian tennis player and sportscaster

• 1957 » Édouard Herriot, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
• 1958 » Phil Mead, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1887)
• 1959 » Raymond Chandler, American crime novelist and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1966 » Victor Hochepied, French swimmer (b. 1883)
• 1969 » John Kennedy Toole, American novelist (b. 1937)
• 1973 » Johnny Drake, American football player (b. 1916)
• 1973 » Noël Coward, English playwright, actor, and composer (b. 1899)
• 1979 » Beauford Delaney, American-French painter (b. 1901)
• 1979 » Jean Stafford, American author and academic (b. 1915)
• 1980 » Roland Barthes, French linguist and critic (b. 1915)

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. Sandra
3. Monique
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. Saskia

• 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 2 » Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
• March 5 » The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
• August 24 » Vietnam War protesters bomb Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, leading to an international manhunt for the perpetrators.
• September 1 » Palestinian guerrillas attack the motorcade of King Hussein of Jordan in a failed assassination attempt.
• October 9 » The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.
• December 17 » Polish protests: In Gdynia, soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens.

The temperature on March 26, 1970 was between -3.9 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.