Page 13: Historical Events In 1970

Sep 29   Edward Everett Horton, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show), dies at 84 in the year 1970.   

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

Oct 04   On this day in history george Frederick McKay, composer, dies at 71   

Oct 04   In the year 1970 herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Oct 09   On this day in history cambodia becomes the Khmer Republic.   

Oct 09   In the year 1970 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   Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day) in the year 1970.   

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   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   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 on this day in history.   

Oct 19   Unica Zorn, writer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   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   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 in the year 1970.   

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Jan 02   Aleksandr Shimin, hockey goaltender (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998) was born in the year 1970.   

Jan 02   In the year 1970 birth of anthony Stuart, cricketer (Australian ODI pace bowler, hat trick 1997)   

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

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1970 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   In the year 1970 death of jean-Étienne Valluy, French general (b. 1899)   

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1970 blanche Stuart Scott, US pilot, dies at 84