Historical Events In 1970

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

Jun 23   On this day in history rocker Chubby Checker arrest for marijuana pocession  

Jun 24   Senate votes overwhelmingly to repeal Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in the year 1970.  

Jun 28   USS James Madison (SSBN-627) completes conversion to Poseidon missile capability in the year 1970.  

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 in the year 1970.  

Jul 02   Jessie Street Australian civil rights activist, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

Jul 03   L Chernykh discovers asteroid #3702 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Jul 04   Harold Vanderbilt, America Cup winner (1930, 34, 37), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Jul 05   On this day in history air Canada DC-8 crashes 7 miles from Toronto's airport killing 109  

Jul 05   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 on this day in history.  

Jul 06   In the year 1970 marjorie Rambeau, dies at 80  

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

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   In the year 1970 janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky  

Jul 13   Building begins of Amsterdam metro in the year 1970.  

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

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

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   Juano Hernandez, actor (St Louis Blues, Two Loves), dies at 74 in the year 1970.  

Jul 18   Arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily on this day in history.  

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

Jul 18   Ron Hunt gets hit by a pitch for a record 119th time on this day in history.  

Jul 18   Willie Mays hits # 3,000 on this day in history.  

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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   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   Sanda Ladoşi, Romanian singer was born on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 10   In the year 1970 pavel Ivanovich Belyayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod II), dies at 44  

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