Historical Events In 1970

Sep 29   Edward Everett Horton, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Sep 30   On this day in history patrick Aherne, actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay), dies at 69  

Oct 01   Hans Poser, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1970.  

Oct 02   In the year 1970 alfred Julius Swan, composer, dies at 79  

Oct 02   In the year 1970 plane carrying Wichita State U football team crashes killing 30  

Oct 04   George Frederick McKay, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1970.  

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

Oct 04   Jan Stenerud of Kansas City Chiefs kicks 55-yard field goal on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1970 quebec seperatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross  

Oct 08   Jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75 in the year 1970.  

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

Oct 09   Cambodia becomes the Khmer Republic in the year 1970.  

Oct 09   Jean Giono, writer, dies in the year 1970.  

Oct 09   Khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence in the year 1970.  

Oct 10   Adam Rapacki, Polish minister of Maritime (1956-68), dies at 60 in the year 1970.  

Oct 10   Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day) in the year 1970.  

Oct 10   In the year 1970 the October Crisis in Canada  

Oct 11   On this day in history anis Fuleihan, composer, dies at 69  

Oct 13   In the year 1970 angela Davis arrested in NYC  

Oct 13   On this day in history julia Culp, mezzo-soprano, dies at 90  

Oct 15   Collapse of Westgate Bridge, Melbourne kills 35 and injures 17 on this day in history.  

Oct 16   In the year 1970 anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt, succeeding Nasser  

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   In the year 1970 caledonian Airways takes over British United Airways  

Oct 21   John T Scopes, US teacher (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925), dies at 70 in the year 1970.  

Oct 22   On this day in history rené Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered  

Oct 23   Gary Gabelich sets auto speed record 622.4 mph (1,002 kph) on this day in history.  

Oct 24   On this day in history nancy Walker creates Ida Morgenstein role on Mary Tyler Moore Show  

Oct 24   Richard Hofstadter, US historian, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

Oct 24   In the year 1970 salvador Allende Gossens elected president of Chile  

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

Jan 02   Anthony Stuart, cricketer (Australian ODI pace bowler, hat trick 1997) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 02   Royce Clayton, Burbank CA, infielder (SF Giants, St Louis Cardinals) was born in the year 1970.  

Jan 02   In the year 1970 birth of robert Fertitta, American opera singer  

Jan 02   Sanda Ladoşi, Romanian singer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   James Brown, NFL tackle (NY Jets) was born in the year 1970.  

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

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   In the year 1970 death of joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers pres, murdered  

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   Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod II), dies at 44 in the year 1970.  

Jan 12   On this day in history blanche Stuart Scott, US pilot, dies at 84