Page 11: Historical Events In 1970

Jul 19   Barry Wood singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Jul 19   Barry Wood, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Jul 20   In the year 1970 the first baby born on Alcatraz Island   

Jul 21   Huge Aswan Dam opens in Egypt on this day in history.   

Jul 26   In the year 1970 claud Allister, actor (Kiss Me Kate, Quartet), dies at 81   

Jul 27   On this day in history antonio de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (1932-68), dies   

Jul 28   On this day in history john Barbirolli, English conductor (NY Philharmonic Orch), dies at 70   

Jul 29   6 days of race rioting in Hartford Ct on this day in history.   

Jul 29   John G B Barbirolli, English conductor/composer, dies at 70 in the year 1970.   

Jul 30   30,000 attend Powder Ridge Rock Festival, Middlefield Ct on this day in history.   

Jul 30   George Szell, Hungarian/US conductor (Cleveland Orch), dies at 73 in the year 1970.   

Jul 30   In the year 1970 smirnova discover asteroid 1835 Gajdariya, 2032 Ethel & 2349 Kurchenko   

Jul 31   In the year 1970 chet Huntley retires from NBC, ends "Huntley-Brinkley Report"   

Aug 01   On this day in history frances Farmer, actress (Toast of NY, Come & Get It), dies at 55   

Aug 03   On this day in history first submerged launching of Poseidon nuclear missile off Cape Kennedy   

Aug 03   In the year 1970 hurricane "Celia" becomes most expensive Gulf storm in history   

Aug 03   On this day in history mairiam Hargrave of Yorkshire, passes her driving test on 40th try   

Aug 04   Jim Morrison arrested for drunkenness on this day in history.   

Aug 06   Ingolf Dahl, German composer (Andante & Arioso), dies at 58 in the year 1970.   

Aug 07   ... Haley, US judge, shot dead on this day in history.   

Aug 07   4 killed in courthouse shootout in San Rafael, Calif on this day in history.   

Aug 07   First computer chess tournament on this day in history.   

Aug 09   On this day in history jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open   

Aug 09   Peruvian Airlines jet carrying 45 US exchange students explodes in the year 1970.   

Aug 10   On this day in history bernd-Alois Zimmermann, Germ composer (Requiem), commits suicide at 52   

Aug 13   Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Aug 14   Vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

Aug 15   In the year 1970 karl August Andersen, composer, dies at 66   

Aug 16   52nd PGA Championship: Dave Stockton shoots 279 at Southern Hills OK on this day in history.   

Aug 17   Venera 7 launched by USSR for soft landing on Venus on this day in history.   

Aug 20   Hildo Krop, modernistic sculptor, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Aug 21   On this day in history timothy Mather Spelman, composer, dies at 79   

Aug 22   Richard Frank Donovan, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Aug 23   Nel Rose, dancer, dies at 55 in the year 1970.   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of aleksandr Shimin, hockey goaltender (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   In the year 1970 birth of royce Clayton, Burbank CA, infielder (SF Giants, St Louis Cardinals)   

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

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of sanda LadoÅŸi, 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   On this day in history piotr Rytel, composer, dies at 85   

Jan 03   In the year 1970 death of 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) died in the year 1970.   

Jan 05   Joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers pres, murdered died in the year 1970.   

Jan 07   In the year 1970 robert [Harriot] Barrat, actor (Bad Lands, Go West), dies at 81   

Jan 08   On this day in history death of georges Guibourg, French performer (b. 1891)   

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 on this day in history.