Historical Events In 1970

Sep 29   Edward Everett Horton, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show), dies at 84 in the year 1970.  

Sep 30   In the year 1970 patrick Aherne, actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay), dies at 69  

Oct 01   In the year 1970 hans Poser, composer, dies at 52  

Oct 02   In the year 1970 alfred Julius Swan, composer, dies at 79  

Oct 02   Plane carrying Wichita State U football team crashes killing 30 in the year 1970.  

Oct 04   In the year 1970 george Frederick McKay, composer, dies at 71  

Oct 04   Herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the year 1970.  

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

Oct 04   In the year 1970 janis Joplin died from a drug overdose. She was 27.  

Oct 05   PBS becomes a network in the year 1970.  

Oct 05   In the year 1970 quebec seperatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross  

Oct 08   Jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history jean Giono, writer, dies  

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

Oct 10   Adam Rapacki, Polish minister of Maritime (1956-68), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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

Oct 10   The October Crisis in Canada in the year 1970.  

Oct 11   On this day in history anis Fuleihan, composer, dies at 69  

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   Collapse of Westgate Bridge, Melbourne kills 35 and injures 17 in the year 1970.  

Oct 16   In the year 1970 anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt, succeeding Nasser  

Oct 19   Unica Zorn, writer, dies at 54 in the year 1970.  

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

Oct 21   On this day in history 777 Unification church couples wed in Korea  

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

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

Oct 22   René Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered on this day in history.  

Oct 23   In the year 1970 gary Gabelich sets auto speed record 622.4 mph (1,002 kph)  

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

Oct 24   Richard Hofstadter, US historian, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

Oct 24   Salvador Allende Gossens elected president of Chile on this day in history.  

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Jan 02   Aleksandr Shimin, hockey goaltender (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998) was born in the year 1970.  

Jan 02   In the year 1970 birth of anthony Stuart, cricketer (Australian ODI pace bowler, hat trick 1997)  

Jan 02   In the year 1970 birth of glenn Cadrez, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)  

Jan 02   Royce Clayton, Burbank CA, infielder (SF Giants, St Louis Cardinals) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of robert Fertitta, American opera singer  

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

Jan 03   James Brown, NFL tackle (NY Jets) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 02   In the year 1970 piotr Rytel, composer, dies at 85  

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1970 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   In the year 1970 blanche Stuart Scott, US pilot, dies at 84