Page 13: Historical Events In 1970

Sep 29   In the year 1970 edward Everett Horton, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show), dies at 84   

Sep 30   Patrick Aherne, actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay), dies at 69 in the year 1970.   

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   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   On this day in history herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma   

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   On this day in history pBS becomes a network   

Oct 05   On this day in history 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   In the year 1970 soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Lit   

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

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

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

Oct 10   In the year 1970 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   On this day in history the October Crisis in Canada   

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

Oct 13   In the year 1970 angela Davis arrested in NYC   

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   In the year 1970 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   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   John T Scopes, US teacher (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Oct 22   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

Oct 24   In the year 1970 salvador Allende Gossens elected president of Chile   

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Jan 02   In the year 1970 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1970 birth of tony Farmer, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets)   

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

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   Jean-Étienne Valluy, French general (b. 1899) died on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers pres, murdered died on this day in history.   

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   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