Historical Events In 1970

Sep 29   On this day in history edward Everett Horton, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show), dies at 84  

Sep 30   In the year 1970 patrick Aherne, actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay), dies at 69  

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

Oct 02   On this day in history 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   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   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 in the year 1970.  

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

Oct 09   On this day in history 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   Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day) on this day in history.  

Oct 10   In the year 1970 the October Crisis in Canada  

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

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

Oct 13   Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

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   Unica Zorn, writer, dies at 54 in the year 1970.  

Oct 20   In the year 1970 patrick Wymark, actor (Skull, Tomb of Ligeia), dies at 44  

Oct 21   On this day in history 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 in the year 1970.  

Oct 22   René Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered on this day in history.  

Oct 23   In the year 1970 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 in the year 1970.  

Oct 24   On this day in history richard Hofstadter, US historian, dies at 54  

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

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Jan 02   Aleksandr Shimin, hockey goaltender (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   In the year 1970 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   Royce Clayton, Burbank CA, infielder (SF Giants, St Louis Cardinals) was born in the year 1970.  

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

Jan 02   Sanda Ladoşi, Romanian singer was born in the year 1970.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of james Brown, NFL tackle (NY Jets)  

Jan 03   Tony Farmer, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets) was born in the year 1970.  

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

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

Jan 04   On this day in history death of jean-Étienne Valluy, French general (b. 1899)  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 10   Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod II), dies at 44 on this day in history.  

Jan 12   Blanche Stuart Scott, US pilot, dies at 84 on this day in history.