Historical Events In 1970

Sep 29   On this day in history edward Everett Horton, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show), dies at 84   

Sep 30   Patrick Aherne, actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Oct 01   On this day in history hans Poser, composer, dies at 52   

Oct 02   Alfred Julius Swan, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Oct 02   On this day in history plane carrying Wichita State U football team crashes killing 30   

Oct 04   George Frederick McKay, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Oct 04   Herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma on this day in history.   

Oct 04   On this day in history jan Stenerud of Kansas City Chiefs kicks 55-yard field goal   

Oct 04   Janis Joplin died from a drug overdose. She was 27 in the year 1970.   

Oct 05   PBS becomes a network in the year 1970.   

Oct 05   Quebec seperatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross on this day in history.   

Oct 08   Jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75 in the year 1970.   

Oct 08   Soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Lit in the year 1970.   

Oct 09   Cambodia becomes the Khmer Republic in the year 1970.   

Oct 09   In the year 1970 jean Giono, writer, dies   

Oct 09   Khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence in the year 1970.   

Oct 10   In the year 1970 adam Rapacki, Polish minister of Maritime (1956-68), dies at 60   

Oct 10   Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day) on this day in history.   

Oct 10   On this day in history the October Crisis in Canada   

Oct 11   Anis Fuleihan, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1970.   

Oct 13   On this day in history angela Davis arrested in NYC   

Oct 13   Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

Oct 15   In the year 1970 collapse of Westgate Bridge, Melbourne kills 35 and injures 17   

Oct 16   Anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt, succeeding Nasser in the year 1970.   

Oct 19   On this day in history unica Zorn, writer, dies at 54   

Oct 20   On this day in history patrick Wymark, actor (Skull, Tomb of Ligeia), dies at 44   

Oct 21   In the year 1970 777 Unification church couples wed in Korea   

Oct 21   Caledonian Airways takes over British United Airways in the year 1970.   

Oct 21   On this day in history john T Scopes, US teacher (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925), dies at 70   

Oct 22   René Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered in the year 1970.   

Oct 23   Gary Gabelich sets auto speed record 622.4 mph (1,002 kph) in the year 1970.   

Oct 24   Nancy Walker creates Ida Morgenstein role on Mary Tyler Moore Show on this day in history.   

Oct 24   On this day in history richard Hofstadter, US historian, dies at 54   

Oct 24   On this day in history salvador Allende Gossens elected president of Chile   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of aleksandr Shimin, hockey goaltender (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)   

Jan 02   Anthony Stuart, cricketer (Australian ODI pace bowler, hat trick 1997) was born in the year 1970.   

Jan 02   Glenn Cadrez, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Royce Clayton, Burbank CA, infielder (SF Giants, St Louis Cardinals) was born in the year 1970.   

Jan 02   In the year 1970 birth of robert Fertitta, American opera singer   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of sanda LadoÅŸi, Romanian singer   

Jan 03   James Brown, NFL tackle (NY Jets) was born in the year 1970.   

Jan 03   In the year 1970 birth of tony Farmer, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets)   

Jan 02   Piotr Rytel, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1970.   

Jan 03   Gladys Aylward, British missionary in China; portrayed by Ingrid Bergman in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (b. 1902) died in the year 1970.   

Jan 04   Jean-Étienne Valluy, French general (b. 1899) died in the year 1970.   

Jan 05   On this day in history death of joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers pres, murdered   

Jan 07   On this day in history robert [Harriot] Barrat, actor (Bad Lands, Go West), dies at 81   

Jan 08   On this day in history death of georges Guibourg, French performer (b. 1891)   

Jan 10   Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod II), dies at 44 in the year 1970.   

Jan 12   On this day in history blanche Stuart Scott, US pilot, dies at 84