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

Oct 01   In the year 1970 hans Poser, composer, dies at 52   

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 on this day in history.   

Oct 04   In the year 1970 george Frederick McKay, composer, dies at 71   

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 in the year 1970.   

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

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

Oct 05   Quebec seperatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross on this day in history.   

Oct 08   Jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Oct 08   In the year 1970 soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Lit   

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) in the year 1970.   

Oct 10   The October Crisis in Canada on this day in history.   

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

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

Oct 13   Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano, dies at 90 in the year 1970.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of sanda LadoÅŸi, Romanian singer   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1970 death of jean-Étienne Valluy, French general (b. 1899)   

Jan 05   On this day in history death of joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers pres, murdered   

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

Jan 08   In the year 1970 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   Blanche Stuart Scott, US pilot, dies at 84 in the year 1970.