Page 10: Historical Events In 1970

Jun 29   US ends 2 month military offensive into Cambodia   

Jun 30   Brazil beats Italy 4-1 in soccer's 9th World Cup at Mexico City   

Jun 30   T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2139 Makharadze   

Jul 02   Jessie Street Australian civil rights activist, dies.   

Jul 02   Jessie Street, Australian civil rights activist, dies.   

Jul 03   200000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival.   

Jul 03   L Chernykh discovers asteroid #3702.   

Jul 04   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.   

Jul 04   Harold Vanderbilt America Cup winner (1930, 34, 37), dies at 85   

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

Jul 05   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   

Jul 06   Marjorie Rambeau, dies at 80   

Jul 07   Allen Lane [Williams], English publisher (Penguin Books), dies at 67   

Jul 07   Louise Harrison mother of Beatle George, dies.   

Jul 07   Marjorie Rambeau actress (Primrose Path, Torch Song), dies at 80   

Jul 07   Sylvester Wiere comedian (Wiere Brothers-Ford Festival), dies at 60   

Jul 12   Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky.   

Jul 13   Building begins of Amsterdam metro.   

Jul 14   Preston Foster actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger), dies at 69.   

Jul 14   Preston S Foster, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger), dies at 69.   

Jul 15   Denmark beats Italy 2-0 in inaugural world female soccer championship.   

Jul 17   30000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, NYC   

Jul 17   Juano Hernandez, actor (St Louis Blues, Two Loves), dies at 74   

Jul 18   Arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily   

Jul 18   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.   

Jul 18   Willie Mays hits # 3000.   

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

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.   

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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,