Page 10: Historical Events In 1970

Jul 18   Willie Mays hits # 3000   

Jul 19   Barry Wood singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at 61   

Jul 20   The inaugural baby born on Alcatraz Island.   

Jul 21   Huge Aswan Dam opens in Egypt.   

Jul 26   Claud Allister, actor (Kiss Me Kate, Quartet), dies at 81   

Jul 27   Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (1932-68), dies.   

Jul 28   John Barbirolli, English conductor (NY Philharmonic Orch), dies at 70   

Jul 29   6 days of race rioting in Hartford Ct   

Jul 29   John G B Barbirolli, English conductor/composer, dies at 70   

Jul 30   30000 attend Powder Ridge Rock Festival, Middlefield Ct.   

Jul 30   George Szell, Hungarian/US conductor (Cleveland Orch), dies at 73   

Jul 30   Smirnova discover asteroid 1835 Gajdariya, 2032 Ethel and 2349 Kurchenko.   

Jul 31   Chet Huntley retires from NBC, ends "Huntley-Brinkley Report".   

Aug 01   Frances Farmer, actress (Toast of NY, Come and Get It), dies at 55.   

Aug 03   Hurricane "Celia" is recorded as becoming most expensive Gulf storm in history.   

Aug 03   inaugural submerged launching of Poseidon nuclear missile off Cape Kennedy   

Aug 03   Mairiam Hargrave of Yorkshire, passes her driving test on 40th try.   

Aug 04   Jim Morrison arrested for drunkenness.   

Aug 06   Ingolf Dahl, German composer (Andante and Arioso), dies at 58   

Aug 07   ... Haley, US judge, shot dead   

Aug 07   4 killed in courthouse shootout in San Rafael, Calif.   

Aug 07   inaugural computer chess tournament   

Aug 09   In this year, Jane Blalock claims LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open   

Aug 09   Peruvian Airlines jet carrying 45 US exchange students explodes   

Aug 10   Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, Germ composer (Requiem), commits suicide at 52   

Aug 13   Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer, dies at 75   

Aug 14   Vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer, dies at 62.   

Aug 15   Karl August Andersen, composer, dies at 66   

Aug 16   52nd PGA Championship: Dave Stockton shoots 279 at Southern Hills OK   

Aug 17   Venera 7 launched by USSR for soft landing on Venus   

Aug 20   Hildo Krop, modernistic sculptor, dies at 86.   

Aug 21   Timothy Mather Spelman, composer, dies at 79.   

Aug 22   Richard Frank Donovan, composer, dies at 78.   

Aug 23   Nel Rose, dancer, dies at 55.   

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Jan 02   Aleksandr shimin: Hockey goaltender (team kazakhstan oly-1998)   

Jan 02   Anthony stuart: Cricketer (australian odi pace bowler, hat trick 1997)   

Jan 02   Glenn cadrez: Nfl linebacker (denver broncos-superbowl 32)   

Jan 02   Royce clayton: Burbank ca, infielder (sf giants, st louis cardinals)   

Jan 02   Robert fertitta: American opera singer   

Jan 02   Sanda ladoÅŸi: Romanian singer   

Jan 03   James brown: Nfl tackle (ny jets)   

Jan 03   Tony farmer: Nba forward (charlotte hornets)   

Jan 02   Piotr rytel: Composer,    

Jan 03   Gladys aylward: British missionary in china; portrayed by ingrid bergman in the inn of the sixth happiness (b. 1902)   

Jan 04   Jean-Étienne valluy: French general (b. 1899)   

Jan 05   Joseph a yablonski: Candidate for united mine workers pres, murdered   

Jan 07   Robert [harriot] barrat: Actor (bad lands, go west),   

Jan 08   Georges guibourg: French performer (b. 1891)   

Jan 10   Pavel ivanovich belyayev: Ussr, cosmonaut (voskhod ii),    

Jan 12   Blanche stuart scott: Us pilot,