About the day » Friday May 15, 1970Calender converter

• Katleen Severens
• Erik John Reehuis († 1970)
• Johanna de Langen, Odijk
• Andrew James Bosmans († 1972)
• Leonardo Meurer, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1999)
• Sylvie Beatrix Antoinette Haenen, Venlo († 1998)
• Franciscus de Boer, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• franciscus (frans) mertens, helden-dorp
• Ronald en Frank de Boer, Hoorn
• Ronaldus de Boer, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Anton Huf (73)
• Bastiaan van Gelder (68), Ridderkerk
• Aaltje Jonker (78), Texel
• Adriaantje Scheepvaart (80)
• Aren van Noord (79), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Daalmeijer (74), Haarlem
• Aaltjen te Molder (77), Lochem
• Arthur Louis Shafer Sr (87), Linn Creek, Camden, MO
• Anna Sarah Heemskerk (86), Netherlands
• Aren van Noord (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1968 » Cecilia Malmström, Swedish academic and politician, 15th European Commissioner for Trade
• 1969 » Emmitt Smith, American football player and sportscaster
• 1969 » Hideki Irabu, Japanese-American baseball player († 2011)
• 1970 » Alison Jackson, English photographer, director, and screenwriter
• 1970 » Ben Wallace, English captain and politician
• 1970 » Desmond Howard, American football player and sportscaster
• 1970 » Frank de Boer, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1970 » Rod Smith, American football player
• 1970 » Ronald de Boer, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1971 » Karin Lušnic, Slovenian tennis player

• 1963 » John Aglionby, English-born Bishop of Accra and soldier (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Vladko Maček, Croatian lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Pio Pion, Italian businessman (b. 1887)
• 1967 » Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882)
• 1967 » Italo Mus, Italian painter (b. 1892)
• 1969 » Joe Malone, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and playwright (b. 1900)
• 1978 » Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
• 1980 » Gordon Prange, American historian and author (b. 1910)
• 1982 » Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946)

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.
• March 21 » The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco.
• August 7 » California judge Harold Haley is taken hostage in his courtroom and killed during an effort to free George Jackson from police custody.
• October 17 » FLQ terrorists murder Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte.
• November 14 » Soviet Union enters ICAO, making Russian the fourth official language of organization.
• December 23 » The Democratic Republic of the Congo officially becomes a one-party state.

The temperature on May 15, 1970 was between 8.2 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.