About the day » Wednesday July 29, 1970Calender converter

• Willem Schut
• Catherine Ann Hazenfield, Norfolk, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1970)
• Stéphane Charles Georges VAN LERBERGHE, Chelles, 77108, Seine et Marne, Île-de-France, France († 2019)
• Louise Riena van Duijn, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1982)
• Louise Riena Neeltje van Duijn, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1982)
• P. Mhongila Mondele († 2001)
• Saskia Peterinck, Beuningen († 2013)

• Bartus Plateringen van (76), Amersfoort
• Adrianus Johannes Pluijm (65), Poppel (België)
• Antje De Vries (79)
• Catharina Hubertina Dirks (47), Heerlen (L
• Aleida Johanna Maria Boudrij (78), Oldenzaal
• Annie J Canter (76), Calloway, Kentucky
• Carolus Cornelis van der Zanden (84), Helmond
• Adriana Albertha Albertdr Pool (78), Schagen
• Albert Bakker (82)
• Caroline de Korff-Schmising (80)

• 1966 » Sally Gunnell, English hurdler and sportscaster
• 1968 » Gideon Henderson, English geologist and academic
• 1968 » Paavo Lötjönen, Finnish cellist and educator
• 1970 » Adele Griffin, American author
• 1970 » Andi Peters, English journalist, actor, and producer
• 1970 » John Rennie, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1971 » Andrea Philipp, German sprinter
• 1972 » Wil Wheaton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 » Denis Urubko, Kazakh mountaineer
• 1973 » Stephen Dorff, American actor and producer

• 1962 » Ronald Fisher, English biologist and statistician (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Vean Gregg, American baseball player (b. 1885)
• 1966 » Adekunle Fajuyi, Nigerian colonel (b. 1926)
• 1966 » Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigerian general and politician, 2nd Head of State of Nigeria (b. 1924)
• 1970 » John Barbirolli, English cellist and conductor (b. 1899)
• 1973 » Norm Smith, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1915)
• 1973 » Roger Williamson, English race car driver (b. 1948)
• 1974 » Cass Elliot, American singer (b. 1941)
• 1974 » Erich Kästner, German author and poet (b. 1899)
• 1976 » Mickey Cohen, American gangster (b. 1913)

• 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.
• May 14 » Andreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and others, a pivotal moment in the formation of the Red Army Faction.
• September 5 » Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins: The United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province.
• 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.
• October 2 » An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people.
• November 4 » Vietnam War: The United States turns over control of the air base at Bình Thủy in the Mekong Delta to South Vietnam.
• December 23 » The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, New York is topped out at 1,368 feet (417m), making it the tallest building in the world.

The temperature on July 29, 1970 was between 10.7 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.