Historical Events In 1970
Sunday, 28 February 2021
Sep 29 Edward Everett Horton, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show), dies at 84 on this day in history.
Sep 30 Patrick Aherne, actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay), dies at 69 on this day in history.
Oct 01 Hans Poser, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.
Oct 02 On this day in history alfred Julius Swan, composer, dies at 79
Oct 02 In the year 1970 plane carrying Wichita State U football team crashes killing 30
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 In the year 1970 jan Stenerud of Kansas City Chiefs kicks 55-yard field goal
Oct 04 On this day in history janis Joplin died from a drug overdose. She was 27.
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 On this day in history jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75
Oct 08 On this day in history soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Lit
Oct 09 Cambodia becomes the Khmer Republic on this day in history.
Oct 09 In the year 1970 jean Giono, writer, dies
Oct 09 Khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence on this day in history.
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 In the year 1970 the October Crisis in Canada
Oct 11 On this day in history anis Fuleihan, composer, dies at 69
Oct 13 Angela Davis arrested in NYC in the year 1970.
Oct 13 Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano, dies at 90 in the year 1970.
Oct 15 On this day in history 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 Unica Zorn, writer, dies at 54 in the year 1970.
Oct 20 Patrick Wymark, actor (Skull, Tomb of Ligeia), dies at 44 in the year 1970.
Oct 21 777 Unification church couples wed in Korea in the year 1970.
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 in the year 1970.
Oct 22 In the year 1970 rené Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered
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 in the year 1970.
Oct 24 Salvador Allende Gossens elected president of Chile in the year 1970.
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