Page 13: Historical Events In 1970

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   In the year 1970 hans Poser, composer, dies at 52   

Oct 02   Alfred Julius Swan, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Oct 02   Plane carrying Wichita State U football team crashes killing 30 on this day in history.   

Oct 04   George Frederick McKay, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Oct 04   On this day in history herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma   

Oct 04   On this day in history jan Stenerud of Kansas City Chiefs kicks 55-yard field goal   

Oct 04   Janis Joplin died from a drug overdose. She was 27 on this day in history.   

Oct 05   PBS becomes a network on this day in history.   

Oct 05   On this day in history quebec seperatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross   

Oct 08   In the year 1970 jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75   

Oct 08   Soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Lit on this day in history.   

Oct 09   Cambodia becomes the Khmer Republic on this day in history.   

Oct 09   On this day in history jean Giono, writer, dies   

Oct 09   Khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence on this day in history.   

Oct 10   On this day in history adam Rapacki, Polish minister of Maritime (1956-68), dies at 60   

Oct 10   Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day) on this day in history.   

Oct 10   On this day in history the October Crisis in Canada   

Oct 11   In the year 1970 anis Fuleihan, composer, dies at 69   

Oct 13   On this day in history angela Davis arrested in NYC   

Oct 13   In the year 1970 julia Culp, mezzo-soprano, dies at 90   

Oct 15   Collapse of Westgate Bridge, Melbourne kills 35 and injures 17 in the year 1970.   

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 on this day in history.   

Oct 21   Caledonian Airways takes over British United Airways on this day in history.   

Oct 21   On this day in history john T Scopes, US teacher (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925), dies at 70   

Oct 22   René Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered on this day in history.   

Oct 23   On this day in history gary Gabelich sets auto speed record 622.4 mph (1,002 kph)   

Oct 24   In the year 1970 nancy Walker creates Ida Morgenstein role on Mary Tyler Moore Show   

Oct 24   On this day in history richard Hofstadter, US historian, dies at 54   

Oct 24   On this day in history salvador Allende Gossens elected president of Chile   

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Jan 02   Aleksandr Shimin, hockey goaltender (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998) was born in the year 1970.   

Jan 02   In the year 1970 birth of anthony Stuart, cricketer (Australian ODI pace bowler, hat trick 1997)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of glenn Cadrez, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)   

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

Jan 02   Robert Fertitta, American opera singer was born in the year 1970.   

Jan 02   In the year 1970 birth of sanda LadoÅŸi, Romanian singer   

Jan 03   In the year 1970 birth of james Brown, NFL tackle (NY Jets)   

Jan 03   Tony Farmer, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1970 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   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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history blanche Stuart Scott, US pilot, dies at 84