About the day » Friday August 7, 1970Calender converter

• Antonius Adrianus Goossens
• Magdalena van de Beek († 1970)
• Christian van Ginkel († 2007)
• Astrid Johanna van der Windt, Apeldoorn († 2015)

• Clara Jeane Herklots (30), Goor
• Christiaan Wilhelmus RIETBERGEN (72)
• Benjamin Willem Schot (65), Zierikzee gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL
• Arie Knoester (89), 's Gravenzande
• Antonius Jillissen (82), Den Haag
• Benjamin Willem Schot (65), Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland
• Clyde Morris Ratchford [RC] (47)
• Clasina Maria Johanna de Koning (76), Den Haag
• Abraham Humsey Sprunger (82), Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States
• Barbertje Mol (77), Midwoud

• 1967 » Jason Grimsley, American baseball player
• 1968 » Francesca Gregorini, Italian-American director and screenwriter
• 1968 » Sophie Lee, Australian actress and author
• 1968 » Trevor Hendy, Australian surfer and coach
• 1969 » Dana G. Peleg, Israeli writer and LGBT activist
• 1969 » Paul Lambert, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1970 » Eric Namesnik, American swimmer († 2006)
• 1971 » Dominic Cork, England cricketer and sportscaster
• 1971 » Rachel York, American actress and singer
• 1972 » Gerry Peñalosa, Filipino boxer and promoter

• 1963 » Ramon Vila Capdevila, last of the Spanish Maquis, holding out after the end of the Spanish Civil War (b.1908)
• 1968 » Giovanni Bracco, Italian race car driver (b. 1908)
• 1969 » Jean Bastien, French professional footballer (b. 1915)
• 1969 » Joseph Kosma, Hungarian-French composer (b. 1905)
• 1970 » Harold Haley, American lawyer and judge (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Jonathan P. Jackson, American bodyguard (b. 1953)
• 1972 » Joi Lansing, American model, actress, and singer (b. 1929)
• 1973 » Jack Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet and author (b. 1925)
• 1974 » Sylvio Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1902)

• 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 4 » Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the Cambodian Campaign of the United States and South Vietnam.
• September 7 » Fighting begins between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Jordan.
• September 11 » The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.
• October 12 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization continues as President Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas.
• November 14 » Soviet Union enters ICAO, making Russian the fourth official language of organization.
• 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 August 7, 1970 was between 14.1 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.