* 1970 – Newhall Incident: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout.

* 1970 – Olaf Kölzig, African-German hockey player

* 1970 – Roy Mayorga, American drummer ( Stone Sour, Soulfly, Amebix, Black President, and Nausea )

* 1970 – Huang Xiaomin, Chinese swimmer

* 1970 – Soviet submarine K-8, carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the Bay of Biscay four days after a fire on board.

* 1970 – Sylvain Bouchard, Canadian speed skater

* 1908 – Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic politician, Prime Minister of Iceland ( d. 1970 )

* 1899 – Byron Foulger, American actor ( d. 1970 )

* 1970 – Andy Bichel, Australian cricketer

* 1970 – Peter Ebdon, English snooker player

* 1970 – Mark Ilott, English cricketer

* 1970 – Tony Kanal, English-American bass player, songwriter, and producer ( No Doubt )

* 1970 – Jeff Kenna, Irish footballer

* 1970 – Park Myeong-su, South Korean comedian and singer

* 1970 – Jim Thome, American baseball player

* 1970 – Karl Unterkircher, Italian mountaineer ( d. 2008 )

* 1891 – William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, English general, 13th Governor-General of Australia ( d. 1970 )

* 1904 – Jean Dessès, Greek-Egyptian fashion designer ( d. 1970 )

* 1916 – Richard Hofstadter, American historian ( d. 1970 )

* 1970 – M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-American director, screenwriter, and producer

* 1970 – Erwin Thijs, Belgian cyclist

* 1970 – Rod Brind ' Amour, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1970 – Christopher Cuomo, American journalist

* 1970 – Thomas Lennon, American actor

* 1914 – Luis Mariano, Spanish tenor ( d. 1970 )

* 1970 – Nathan Jones, Australian wrestler and actor

New faces in the 1970 – 1971 season included tall, sad-eyed Dennis Allen, who alternately played quietly zany characters and straight man for anybody's jokes ; comic actress Ann Elder, who also contributed to scripts, tap dancer Barbara Sharma, who would later appear on Rhoda, and beefy Johnny Brown, who played the superintendent Nathan " Buffalo Butt " Bookman on Good Times.

* Nathan Hale Homestead — 229 South St. ( added November 22, 1970 )

Other Dannevirke All Blacks were Colin Loader ( 1950s ), Blair Furlong ( 1970 to South Africa ), Lui Paewai who is widely acknowledged as the youngest All Black in history at just 17 years old ( 1924 Invincibles ) and whose sons and grandsons ( Doc, Hepa, Nathan and Murdoch respectively ) went on to have good careers for Hawkes Bay and the New Zealand Maori side, and Roy White ( post-war All Black in 1947-48.

* Nathan Beauregard ( 1890s – 1970 ), American musician

The " New Supremes " – Wilson, Terrell, and Birdsong – continued their hit-making process from 1970 through 1972 with hits like " Up the Ladder to the Roof ", " Stoned Love ", " River Deep – Mountain High " ( with the Four Tops ), " Nathan Jones ", and " Floy Joy ".

Lee's final marriage was to novelist Robert Nathan ( The Bishop's Wife, Portrait of Jennie ), on 5 April 1970, and to whom she was married until his death in 1985.

* Nathan Guy ( born 1970 ), New Zealand politician

* Nathan Altman ( 1889 – 1970 ) – avant-garde artist

Nathan " Nate " Cochrane ( born 1970 ) is an Australian technology journalist, photographer and media consultant who contributes to the Sydney Morning Herald, a Fairfax Media broadsheet newspaper, among other publications.

Nathan Larson ( born 12 September 1970 ) is an American film composer, musician, and author.

Nathan Alterman (, August 14, 1910, Warsaw – March 28, 1970, Tel Aviv ) was an Israeli poet, playwright, journalist, and translator who – though never holding any elected office – was highly influential in Socialist Zionist politics, both before and after the establishment of the State of Israel.

* Nathan Altman ( 1889 – 1970 ), Russian painter

* Dallas Austin ( born 1970 ), American musician

Andre Kirk Agassi (; born April 29, 1970 in Las Vegas, Nevada ) is a retired American professional tennis player and former World No. 1, who was one of the game's most dominant players from the early 1990s to the mid 2000s.

* 1970 – Will Clarke, American novelist

* 1970 – Elvis Grbac, American football player

* 1970 – Matt Hyson, American wrestler

* 1970 – Tony Amonte, American ice hockey player

* 1970 – Kevin Smith, American director and screenwriter

* 1900 – John T. Scopes, American teacher ( d. 1970 )

* 1970 – Stephen Carpenter, American guitarist and songwriter ( Deftones and Sol Invicto )

* 1884 – Billie Burke, American actress ( d. 1970 )

* 1970 – Trev Alberts, American football player

* 1970 – Walt Williams, American basketball player

* 1970 – Kevin Cadogan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ( Third Eye Blind )

* 1970 – Patricia Palinkas became the first woman to play professionally in an American football game

* 1970 – Anthony Anderson, American comedian and actor

* 1970 – Maddie Corman, American actress

* 1970 – Ben Silverman, American television producer, founded Electus Studios

* 1970 – Bonnie Bernstein, American sportscaster

* 1970 – Killah Priest, American rapper, producer, and actor ( The HRSMN, Sunz of Man, and Black Market Militia )