Page 13: Historical Events In 1970

Sep 29   On this day in history edward Everett Horton, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show), dies at 84   

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1970.   

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 in the year 1970.   

Oct 04   Jan Stenerud of Kansas City Chiefs kicks 55-yard field goal in the year 1970.   

Oct 04   Janis Joplin died from a drug overdose. She was 27 in the year 1970.   

Oct 05   In the year 1970 pBS becomes a network   

Oct 05   In the year 1970 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   In the year 1970 soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Lit   

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

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

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   On this day in history fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day)   

Oct 10   The October Crisis in Canada in the year 1970.   

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

Oct 13   Angela Davis arrested in NYC on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt, succeeding Nasser   

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 on this day in history.   

Oct 21   On this day in history 777 Unification church couples wed in Korea   

Oct 21   Caledonian Airways takes over British United Airways in the year 1970.   

Oct 21   In the year 1970 john T Scopes, US teacher (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925), dies at 70   

Oct 22   In the year 1970 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   Nancy Walker creates Ida Morgenstein role on Mary Tyler Moore Show on this day in history.   

Oct 24   In the year 1970 richard Hofstadter, US historian, dies at 54   

Oct 24   Salvador Allende Gossens elected president of Chile 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   Anthony Stuart, cricketer (Australian ODI pace bowler, hat trick 1997) was born in the year 1970.   

Jan 02   In the year 1970 birth of glenn Cadrez, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)   

Jan 02   Royce Clayton, Burbank CA, infielder (SF Giants, St Louis Cardinals) was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of tony Farmer, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets)   

Jan 02   Piotr Rytel, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1970.   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   Robert [Harriot] Barrat, actor (Bad Lands, Go West), dies at 81 in the year 1970.   

Jan 08   Georges Guibourg, French performer (b. 1891) died in the year 1970.   

Jan 10   On this day in history pavel Ivanovich Belyayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod II), dies at 44   

Jan 12   Blanche Stuart Scott, US pilot, dies at 84 in the year 1970.