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

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   In the year 1970 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   In the year 1970 pBS becomes a network   

Oct 05   Quebec seperatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross in the year 1970.   

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   In the year 1970 jean Giono, writer, dies   

Oct 09   On this day in history khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence   

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

Oct 10   In the year 1970 fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day)   

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

Oct 11   Anis Fuleihan, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

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

Oct 15   In the year 1970 collapse of Westgate Bridge, Melbourne kills 35 and injures 17   

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 on this day in history.   

Oct 21   In the year 1970 777 Unification church couples wed in Korea   

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 in the year 1970.   

Oct 23   Gary Gabelich sets auto speed record 622.4 mph (1,002 kph) in the year 1970.   

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 in the year 1970.   

Oct 24   Salvador Allende Gossens elected president of Chile on this day in history.   

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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   Glenn Cadrez, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32) was born in the year 1970.   

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

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

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 in the year 1970.   

Jan 02   On this day in history piotr Rytel, composer, dies at 85   

Jan 03   Gladys Aylward, British missionary in China; portrayed by Ingrid Bergman in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (b. 1902) died in the year 1970.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   On this day in history robert [Harriot] Barrat, actor (Bad Lands, Go West), dies at 81   

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

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