Historical Events In 1970

May 14 Red Aarmy Faction -leader Andreas Baader freed after serving 2 years in West Berlin

May 08 200,000 Australians participate in antiwar demonstrations (Vietnam)

May 20 100,000 march in New York supporting US policies in Vietnam

May 27 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR

May 06 Yuchiro Miura of Japan skis down Mount Everest

May 13 The Beatles movie Let It Be premieres today

May 04 Pulitzer prize awarded to Erik H Erikson (Gandhi's Truth)

May 14 In the Eastern Caucasus two quakes measuring 5.5 and 6.5 occurred occurred a few miles west of Machackala, a city of about 165,000 population and located on the Caspian Sea

May 22 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

May 31 At 03:23 PM, Yungay Peru levelled by 7.75 earthquake (50-70,000 die)

May 08 Beatles release "Let it Be" album

May 08 Construction workers break up an anti-war rally in NYC's Wall Street

May 16 "Grover Henson Feels Forgotten" by Bill Cosby hits #70

Jan 17 John M Burgess installed as bishop of Protestant Episcopals (Massachusetts)

Jan 01 "The Epoch" (Time 0 for UNIX systems, Midnight GMT)

Jan 25 Robert Altman's "M*AS*H," premieres

Jan 31 Grateful Dead members busted on LSD charges

Jan 24 3rd ABA All-Star Game West 128 beats East 98 at Indiana

Jan 02 US population is 293,200,000; Black population 22,600,000 (11.1%)

Jan 03 "Jimmy" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City NY after 84 performances

Jan 05 Soap Opera "All My Children," premieres on ABC

Jan 01 Revised calendar for Western (RC) Church goes into effect

Jan 03 Marxist government takes over in Congo

Jan 02 Dutch premiere of musical "Hair" in Amsterdam

Jan 17 AFL Pro Bowl West beats East 26-3

Jan 22 The Boeing 747 jumbo jet makes its first regularly scheduled commercial flight on a route from New York to London.

Jan 19 UCLA fires Angela Davis for being a communist

Jan 29 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR

Jan 09 Constitution of Singapore enacted

Jan 12 Biafran War ends, Biafra surrenders to Nigeria

Jan 27 Movie rating system modifies "M" rating to "PG"

Jan 23 US launches 2nd generation weather satellite, ITOS 1

Jan 17 AFL Pro Bowl West beats East 26-3

Jan 17 John M Burgess installed as bishop of Protestant Episcopals (Massachusetts)

Jan 23 Dolle Mina burns her bra in Amsterdam

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