About the day » Monday August 3, 1970Calender converter

• Saskia Brouwer, Scheemda
• Andy Vanmaele
• richard ebisch, helden-dorp
• Peggy Regina Eleonora Alberta Jane van Heck, St.Michielsgestel († 1971)
• Deborah Marie Cowart, Darby, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1997)
• Helmi Camp († 1978)
• Sara Haan, Athens, Ontario, Canada

• Adriana Theodora Cornelia de Ruijter (80), Utrecht
• Adriana Talboom (77), Halsteren,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Gerrit Jan de Bruijn (5), Leerbroek
• Adrianus Johannes Korpershoek (79), Vlaardingen
• Albertus Arnoldus de Beer (88), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• AGATHA ADRIANA DE WINTER (80), ROTTERDAM
• Aaltje van Dijken (76), Assen, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Stunnenberg (50)
• Aleida Johanna (Leida) Steffens (80), Delden, Overijssel, Nederland
• Allegonda Berdina Sleddens (65)

• 1967 » Mathieu Kassovitz, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, founded MNP Entreprise
• 1967 » Skin, English singer and guitarist
• 1968 » Rod Beck, American baseball player († 2007)
• 1969 » Doug Overton, American basketball player and coach
• 1970 » Gina G, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1970 » Masahiro Sakurai, Japanese video game designer
• 1970 » Stephen Carpenter, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1971 » DJ Spinderella, American DJ, rapper, producer, and actress
• 1971 » Forbes Johnston, Scottish footballer († 2007)
• 1972 » Sandis Ozoliņš, Latvian ice hockey player and politician

• 1964 » Flannery O'Connor, American short story writer and novelist (b. 1925)
• 1966 » Lenny Bruce, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 1968 » Konstantin Rokossovsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union during World War II (b. 1896)
• 1969 » Alexander Mair, Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1889)
• 1972 » Giannis Papaioannou, Turkish-Greek composer (b. 1913)
• 1973 » Richard Marshall, American general (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Edgar Johan Kuusik, Estonian architect and interior designer (b. 1888)
• 1975 » Andreas Embirikos, Greek poet and photographer (b. 1901)
• 1977 » Alfred Lunt, American actor and director (b. 1892)
• 1977 » Makarios III, Cypriot archbishop and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Cyprus (b. 1913)

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.
• April 24 » The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President.
• April 26 » The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization enters into force.
• May 11 » The 1970 Lubbock tornado kills 26 and causes $250million in damage.
• June 4 » Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• August 29 » Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Rubén Salazar.
• October 26 » Muhammad Ali boxes for the first time after Ali's three-year hiatus due to draft evasion.

The temperature on August 3, 1970 was between 16.2 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 21.4 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.