Page 13: Historical Events In 1970

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

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   On this day in history plane carrying Wichita State U football team crashes killing 30   

Oct 04   In the year 1970 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 on this day in history.   

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

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   In the year 1970 jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75   

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

Oct 09   In the year 1970 cambodia becomes the Khmer Republic.   

Oct 09   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Oct 10   Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day) in the year 1970.   

Oct 10   In the year 1970 the October Crisis in Canada   

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   On this day in history julia Culp, mezzo-soprano, dies at 90   

Oct 15   Collapse of Westgate Bridge, Melbourne kills 35 and injures 17 in the year 1970.   

Oct 16   On this day in history anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt, succeeding Nasser   

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 in the year 1970.   

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 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   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 in the year 1970.   

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   Anthony Stuart, cricketer (Australian ODI pace bowler, hat trick 1997) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Glenn Cadrez, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32) was born on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 08   On this day in history death of georges Guibourg, French performer (b. 1891)   

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