About the day » Saturday May 9, 1970Calender converter

• Jan Tjerk Klein
• Maria Regina Van Kerckhoven, Westerlo (2260, Antwerpen)
• N.N. Cools, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Joost Verheggen († 2008)

• Albertus Hendriks (85), Venlo
• Antje Van der Schaaf (65)
• Anna Henkel (81), Diever, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Agterdenbos (92), Fijnaart en Heijnigen, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands
• Adriana Thijs (60), Hoeven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries Steketee (99)
• Anna Meeuws (92), Huis ter Heide
• Abel Jules QUENTON (78), Dunkerque... Hauts de France
• Abraham VAN ROEKEL (64), Sioux Center, Sioux, Iowa
• Alexander van BRERO (68), Leiden, ZH. NL

• 1968 » Graham Harman, American philosopher and academic
• 1968 » Marie-José Pérec, French sprinter
• 1968 » Masahiko Harada, Japanese ski jumper
• 1968 » Neil Ruddock, English international footballer and television personality
• 1968 » Ruth Kelly, British economist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
• 1970 » Doug Christie, American basketball player
• 1970 » Ghostface Killah, American rapper and actor
• 1970 » Hao Haidong, Chinese footballer & all time top scorer for Chinese national team
• 1971 » Dan Chiasson, American poet and critic
• 1971 » Jason Lee, English footballer and manager

• 1965 » Leopold Figl, Austrian engineer and politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1902)
• 1968 » Finlay Currie, British actor (b. 1878)
• 1968 » Harold Gray, American cartoonist, created Little Orphan Annie (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Marion Lorne, American actress (b. 1883)
• 1968 » Mercedes de Acosta, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
• 1970 » Walter Reuther, American union leader (b. 1907)
• 1976 » Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
• 1976 » Ulrike Meinhof, German militant, co-founded the Red Army Faction (b. 1934)
• 1977 » James Jones, American novelist (b. 1921)
• 1978 » Giuseppe Impastato, Italian journalist and activist (b. 1948)

• 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.
• April 28 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to take part in the Cambodian campaign.
• May 15 » President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army generals.
• September 6 » Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of the PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field, Jordan.
• September 12 » Dawson's Field hijackings: Palestinian terrorists blow up three hijacked airliners in Jordan, continuing to hold the passengers hostage in various undisclosed locations in Amman.
• September 19 » Michael Eavis hosts the first Glastonbury Festival.
• December 21 » First flight of F-14 multi-role combat aircraft.

The temperature on May 9, 1970 was between 10.8 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. 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 south-southeast.