About the day » Friday April 24, 1970Calender converter

• Jürgen, Vincent VERSTAEN, Waregem, West-Vlaanderen (BE) († 2013)
• Ingrid Johanna Zeegers, Laren,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Maxim Textor, Nijverdal
• David Wayne ADAMS († 1970)

• Anna Maria Prins (75), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Jochum Johanneszn. de Vries (76), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Carl Bullitt Rauterberg (78), Bradenton, Florida
• Berdina Cornelia Zeitzen (59)
• Anna Maria Prins (75), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Epp (41)
• Arendina Hoogeveen (74), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arendina Hoogeveen (74), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bernardus Albertus Berends (88), Lochem, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Brekelmans (81), Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1968 » Aidan Gillen, Irish actor
• 1968 » Hashim Thaçi, Kosovan soldier and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Kosovo
• 1968 » Roxanna Panufnik, English composer
• 1968 » Todd Jones, American baseball player
• 1969 » Eilidh Whiteford, Scottish academic and politician
• 1969 » Elias Atmatsidis, Greek footballer
• 1969 » Rory McCann, Scottish actor
• 1970 » Damien Fleming, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
• 1971 » Kumar Dharmasena, Sri Lankan cricketer and umpire
• 1971 » Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1964 » Gerhard Domagk, German pathologist and bacteriologist (b. 1895)
• 1965 » Louise Dresser, American actress (b. 1878)
• 1966 » Simon Chikovani, Georgian poet and author (b. 1902)
• 1967 » Robert Richards, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of South Australia (b. 1885)
• 1967 » Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)
• 1968 » Walter Tewksbury, American athlete (b. 1876)
• 1970 » Otis Spann, American singer and pianist (b. 1930)
• 1972 » Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (b. 1892)
• 1974 » Bud Abbott, American comedian and producer (b. 1895)
• 1975 » Pete Ham, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Robert
5. Richard
6. David
7. Jeroen
8. Marcel
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.
• January 1 » The defined beginning of Unix time, at 00:00:00.
• January 12 » Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian Civil War.
• April 1 » President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General's warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertising on television and radio in the United States, effective 1 January 1971.
• July 31 » Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.
• September 11 » The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.
• December 17 » Polish protests: In Gdynia, soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens.

The temperature on April 24, 1970 was between 7.8 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.