About the day » Thursday April 2, 1970Calender converter

• Ageeth Hilgersom, Den Dungen († 2013)
• Coen Verbruggen, Nijverdal († 2021)
• Elmien Heystek, Pretoria, Transvaal, R.S.A. († 2021)
• Troy Allan Eernisse, Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota († 1970)

• Balduin Lehner (45), Gramastetten, Urfahr-Umgebung, Oberösterreich, Oostenrijk
• Antonia Wilhelmina Eshuijs (64), Rotterdam
• Aart van Merkerk (75), Groot Ammers
• Charles Thomas (Tom) FRESHNEY (70), Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia
• Catharina Elisabeth Vahrmeijer (76), Amsterdam
• Aart van Merkerk (75), Groot Ammers
• Catharina Carolina van Lidt De Jeude (72)
• Catharina Dimphna Sauviller (85), Geel
• Antonius Johannes Vliegenberg (56), Gent (B)
• Antonius Johannes Ploegman (30), Amsterdam

• 1967 » Greg Camp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1967 » Phil Demmel, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1969 » Ajay Devgan, Indian actor, director, and producer
• 1971 » Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto, Brazilian footballer
• 1971 » Jason Lewry, English cricketer
• 1971 » Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
• 1972 » Calvin Davis, American sprinter and hurdler
• 1972 » Remo D'Souza, Indian choreographer and dancer
• 1972 » Zane Lamprey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 » Dmitry Lipartov, Russian footballer

• 1948 » Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (b. 1885)
• 1966 » C. S. Forester, English novelist (b. 1899)
• 1972 » Franz Halder, German general (b. 1884)
• 1972 » Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese martial artist and educator (b. 1887)
• 1974 » Georges Pompidou, French banker and politician, 19th President of France (b. 1911)
• 1977 » Walter Wolf, German academic and politician (b. 1907)
• 1987 » Buddy Rich, American drummer, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1917)
• 1989 » Manolis Angelopoulos, Greek singer (b. 1939)
• 1992 » Juanito, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1954)

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. 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.
• January 1 » The defined beginning of Unix time, at 00:00:00.
• April 8 » Bahr El-Baqar primary school bombing: Israeli bombers strike an Egyptian school. Forty-six children are killed.
• April 11 » Apollo 13 is launched.
• April 13 » An oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the Apollo command and service module (codenamed "Odyssey") while en route to the Moon.
• April 29 » Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong.
• September 28 » Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack in Cairo.

The temperature on April 2, 1970 was between -1.8 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.