Historical Events In 1970

Jun 22   Pres Nixon signs 26th amendment (voting age lowered to 18) on this day in history.  

Jun 23   Rocker Chubby Checker arrest for marijuana pocession on this day in history.  

Jun 24   On this day in history senate votes overwhelmingly to repeal Gulf of Tonkin Resolution  

Jun 28   On this day in history uSS James Madison (SSBN-627) completes conversion to Poseidon missile capability  

Jun 29   Roman Ingarden, Polish philosopher (Studia philosophica), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Jun 29   In the year 1970 uS ends 2 month military offensive into Cambodia  

Jun 30   Brazil beats Italy 4-1 in soccer's 9th World Cup at Mexico City on this day in history.  

Jun 30   T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2139 Makharadze on this day in history.  

Jul 02   Jessie Street Australian civil rights activist, dies in the year 1970.  

Jul 02   On this day in history jessie Street, Australian civil rights activist, dies  

Jul 03   In the year 1970 200,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival  

Jul 03   On this day in history l Chernykh discovers asteroid #3702  

Jul 04   On this day in history 100 injured in race rioting in Asbury Park NJ  

Jul 04   On this day in history chartered Dan-Air Comet crashes into mountains north of Barcelona, Spain killing 112 vacationing Britons  

Jul 04   Harold Vanderbilt America Cup winner (1930, 34, 37), dies at 85 in the year 1970.  

Jul 04   On this day in history harold Vanderbilt, America Cup winner (1930, 34, 37), dies at 85  

Jul 05   Air Canada DC-8 crashes 7 miles from Toronto's airport killing 109 in the year 1970.  

Jul 05   On this day in history an Air Canada DC-8 en route from Montreal to Los Angeles makes a heavy landing at Malton AIrport, bounces and loses one starboard engine; in the pilot's attempt to take off and land again the other starboard engine falls off and the aircraft crashes 10 km west of Malton (Pearson International Airport) ; all 109 aboard killed.  

Jul 06   Marjorie Rambeau, dies at 80 in the year 1970.  

Jul 07   In the year 1970 allen Lane [Williams], English publisher (Penguin Books), dies at 67  

Jul 07   On this day in history louise Harrison mother of Beatle George, dies  

Jul 07   In the year 1970 marjorie Rambeau actress (Primrose Path, Torch Song), dies at 80  

Jul 07   Sylvester Wiere comedian (Wiere Brothers-Ford Festival), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Jul 12   In the year 1970 janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky  

Jul 13   In the year 1970 building begins of Amsterdam metro  

Jul 14   Preston Foster actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Jul 14   On this day in history preston S Foster, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger), dies at 69  

Jul 15   In the year 1970 denmark beats Italy 2-0 in first world female soccer championship  

Jul 17   On this day in history 30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, NYC  

Jul 17   In the year 1970 juano Hernandez, actor (St Louis Blues, Two Loves), dies at 74  

Jul 18   In the year 1970 arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily  

Jul 18   Lucien H d'Azambuja, Fren astronomer (chromosphere of Sun), dies at 86 on this day in history.  

Jul 18   In the year 1970 ron Hunt gets hit by a pitch for a record 119th time  

Jul 18   In the year 1970 willie Mays hits # 3,000  

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Jan 02   In the year 1970 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 in the year 1970.  

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

Jan 02   Robert Fertitta, American opera singer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   In the year 1970 birth of sanda Ladoşi, Romanian singer  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of james Brown, NFL tackle (NY Jets)  

Jan 03   Tony Farmer, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets) was born in the year 1970.  

Jan 02   Piotr Rytel, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1970 death of jean-Étienne Valluy, French general (b. 1899)  

Jan 05   In the year 1970 death of joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers pres, murdered  

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

Jan 08   Georges Guibourg, French performer (b. 1891) died in the year 1970.  

Jan 10   On this day in history pavel Ivanovich Belyayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod II), dies at 44  

Jan 12   In the year 1970 blanche Stuart Scott, US pilot, dies at 84