About the day » Thursday May 14, 1970Calender converter

• Willem-Jan Thiadens († 1970)
• Adriana Margaretha Maria Sleutjes, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1985)
• Reginaldo Michels, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1970)
• Tonnis Klaas van Eerden († 1984)
• Janneke Meinders († 1992)
• Monica Petronella Gerarda Hoogeslag, Twello († 1970)
• Stefan Günther, Essen-Borbeck († 1972)
• Adriana Sleutjes, 's Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1985)
• Cornelia Anna Theodora van Buul, Etten Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Elizabeth Ann Fuller († 1992)

• Amalie von dem Kampe (77), Essen, Germany
• Anna Wilhelmina Balvanz (83), Eldora, Hardin County, Iowa
• Goris Theresia Lucia (79), Hoogstraten, Antwerpen, België
• Catharina Maria Hermans (78), Maastricht
• Egbert Breukelman (85), Hardenberg
• Anja Smit (94), Groningen
• Cornelis Hendrik Kreuk (83), Rotterdam
• Ambrose van Hoof (14), New Plymouth, NZ
• Anna Mathilde Hubertina Winkens (74), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Carrie Magee (80), Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, Ohio

• 1967 » Natasha Kaiser-Brown, American sprinter and coach
• 1968 » Mary DePiero, Canadian diver
• 1969 » Cate Blanchett, Australian actress
• 1969 » Danny Wood, American singer-songwriter, record producer, and choreographer
• 1969 » Henry Smith, English politician
• 1969 » Sabine Schmitz, German race car driver and sportscaster
• 1971 » Deanne Bray, American actress
• 1971 » Martin Reim, Estonian footballer and manager
• 1971 » Sofia Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 » Kirstjen Nielsen, American attorney, 6th United States Secretary of Homeland Security

• 1960 » Lucrezia Bori, Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1887)
• 1962 » Florence Auer, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (b. 1882)
• 1969 » Enid Bennett, Australian-American actress (b. 1893)
• 1969 » Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Billie Burke, American actress and singer (b. 1884)
• 1973 » Jean Gebser, German linguist, philosopher, and poet (b. 1905)
• 1976 » Keith Relf, English singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and producer (b. 1943)
• 1979 » Jean Rhys, Dominican-English novelist (b. 1890)
• 1980 » Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (b. 1912)

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.
• January 1 » The defined beginning of Unix time, at 00:00:00.
• February 11 » Japan launches Ohsumi, becoming the fourth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
• 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.
• April 22 » The first Earth Day is celebrated.
• August 15 » Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an American football game.
• November 17 » Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre.

The temperature on May 14, 1970 was between 7.7 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.