Historical Events In 1970
Friday, 29 March 2024
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 On this day in history hans Poser, composer, dies at 52
Oct 02 Alfred Julius Swan, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.
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 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 in the year 1970.
Oct 05 Quebec seperatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross on this day in history.
Oct 08 On this day in history jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75
Oct 08 In the year 1970 soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Lit
Oct 09 On this day in history cambodia becomes the Khmer Republic.
Oct 09 Jean Giono, writer, dies in the year 1970.
Oct 09 In the year 1970 khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence
Oct 10 Adam Rapacki, Polish minister of Maritime (1956-68), dies at 60 in the year 1970.
Oct 10 On this day in history fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day)
Oct 10 In the year 1970 the October Crisis in Canada
Oct 11 Anis Fuleihan, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1970.
Oct 13 Angela Davis arrested in NYC in the year 1970.
Oct 13 Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano, dies at 90 on this day in history.
Oct 15 Collapse of Westgate Bridge, Melbourne kills 35 and injures 17 on this day in history.
Oct 16 Anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt, succeeding Nasser in the year 1970.
Oct 19 On this day in history unica Zorn, writer, dies at 54
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 in the year 1970.
Oct 21 John T Scopes, US teacher (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925), dies at 70 on this day in history.
Oct 22 René Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered on this day in history.
Oct 23 Gary Gabelich sets auto speed record 622.4 mph (1,002 kph) in the year 1970.
Oct 24 Nancy Walker creates Ida Morgenstein role on Mary Tyler Moore Show in the year 1970.
Oct 24 Richard Hofstadter, US historian, dies at 54 on this day in history.
Oct 24 Salvador Allende Gossens elected president of Chile on this day in history.
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