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   Patrick Aherne, actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Oct 01   Hans Poser, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1970.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Oct 04   In the year 1970 janis Joplin died from a drug overdose. She was 27.   

Oct 05   On this day in history pBS becomes a network   

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

Oct 08   On this day in history 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   In the year 1970 cambodia becomes the Khmer Republic.   

Oct 09   Jean Giono, writer, dies on this day in history.   

Oct 09   In the year 1970 khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence   

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

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

Oct 10   On this day in history 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   In the year 1970 julia Culp, mezzo-soprano, dies at 90   

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   On this day in history patrick Wymark, actor (Skull, Tomb of Ligeia), dies at 44   

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

Oct 21   In the year 1970 caledonian Airways takes over British United Airways   

Oct 21   On this day in history 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) 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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Jan 02   In the year 1970 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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1970 birth of sanda LadoÅŸi, Romanian singer   

Jan 03   James Brown, NFL tackle (NY Jets) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of tony Farmer, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets)   

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

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

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 in the year 1970.   

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 on this day in history.