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 in the year 1970.  

Jun 29   US ends 2 month military offensive into Cambodia on this day in history.  

Jun 30   In the year 1970 brazil beats Italy 4-1 in soccer's 9th World Cup at Mexico City  

Jun 30   T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2139 Makharadze in the year 1970.  

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

Jul 02   In the year 1970 jessie Street, Australian civil rights activist, dies  

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

Jul 03   L Chernykh discovers asteroid #3702 in the year 1970.  

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

Jul 04   Chartered Dan-Air Comet crashes into mountains north of Barcelona, Spain killing 112 vacationing Britons in the year 1970.  

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   In the year 1970 air Canada DC-8 crashes 7 miles from Toronto's airport killing 109  

Jul 05   In the year 1970 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 on this day in history.  

Jul 07   Allen Lane [Williams], English publisher (Penguin Books), dies at 67 in the year 1970.  

Jul 07   Louise Harrison mother of Beatle George, dies on this day in history.  

Jul 07   Marjorie Rambeau actress (Primrose Path, Torch Song), dies at 80 in the year 1970.  

Jul 07   Sylvester Wiere comedian (Wiere Brothers-Ford Festival), dies at 60 in the year 1970.  

Jul 12   Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky on this day in history.  

Jul 13   Building begins of Amsterdam metro on this day in history.  

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

Jul 14   Preston S Foster, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger), dies at 69 in the year 1970.  

Jul 15   Denmark beats Italy 2-0 in first world female soccer championship on this day in history.  

Jul 17   In the year 1970 30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, NYC  

Jul 17   On this day in history juano Hernandez, actor (St Louis Blues, Two Loves), dies at 74  

Jul 18   On this day in history arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily  

Jul 18   Lucien H d'Azambuja, Fren astronomer (chromosphere of Sun), dies at 86 in the year 1970.  

Jul 18   On this day in history ron Hunt gets hit by a pitch for a record 119th time  

Jul 18   On this day in history willie Mays hits # 3,000  

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Jan 02   Aleksandr Shimin, hockey goaltender (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998) was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history birth of royce Clayton, Burbank CA, infielder (SF Giants, St Louis Cardinals)  

Jan 02   Robert Fertitta, American opera singer was born in the year 1970.  

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

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of tony Farmer, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets)  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   In the year 1970 death of jean-Étienne Valluy, French general (b. 1899)  

Jan 05   Joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers pres, murdered died in the year 1970.  

Jan 07   In the year 1970 robert [Harriot] Barrat, actor (Bad Lands, Go West), dies at 81  

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

Jan 10   Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod II), dies at 44 on this day in history.  

Jan 12   Blanche Stuart Scott, US pilot, dies at 84 in the year 1970.