Page 14: Historical Events In 1970

Oct 26   "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers in the year 1970.   

Oct 28   Baby Huey, [James Ramey], vocalist (Baby Huey & Babysitters), dies in the year 1970.   

Oct 28   NBA Cleve Cavaliers 1st home game, lose to San Diego 110-99 in the year 1970.   

Oct 28   US/USSR sign an agreement to discuss joint space efforts in the year 1970.   

Nov 01   Bhola cyclone in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) killing =500,000 people on this day in history.   

Nov 01   Discotheque in Grenoble France burns, all exits padlocked and 142 die on this day in history.   

Nov 02   On this day in history richard Cushing, US cardinal to Boston, dies at 75   

Nov 03   Peter II Karadjordjevic, last king of Yugoslavia (1934-45), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

Nov 03   In the year 1970 salvador Allende inaugurated as President of Chile   

Nov 08   In the year 1970 tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks NFL record 63 yard field goal   

Nov 09   On this day in history general Charles de Gaulle,former leader of the 'Free French'army and President of France from 1958 to 1969,died   

Nov 09   Trial of Seattle 8 anti-war protesters begins in the year 1970.   

Nov 09   William L Dawson, (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 84 in the year 1970.   

Nov 10   On this day in history charles DeGaulle, general/president France (Free French), dies at 79   

Nov 10   On this day in history luna 17, with unmanned self-propelled Lunokhod 1, is launched   

Nov 12   On this day in history charles de Gaulle is buried in Paris   

Nov 13   In the year 1970 bhola cyclone in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) killing =500,000 people   

Nov 13   Cyclone kills estimated 300,000 in Chittagong Bangladesh in the year 1970.   

Nov 13   On this day in history lt Gen Hafez al-Assad becomes PM of Syria following military coup   

Nov 13   In the year 1970 vP Spiro Agnew calls TV executives "impudent snobs"   

Nov 14   DC-9 crashes in West Virginia, 75 killed in the year 1970.   

Nov 14   On this day in history marshall U football team wiped out in air crash at Kenova WV   

Nov 17   Naunton Wayne, actor (Dead of Night), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Nov 17   On this day in history russia lands Lunokhod 1 unmanned remote-controlled vehicle on Moon   

Nov 18   Hal Dickinson, singer (Modernaires), dies at 56 in the year 1970.   

Nov 18   Russia lands self propelled rover on the Moon in the year 1970.   

Nov 19   In the year 1970 golden Gate Park Conservatory becomes a Cal state historical landmark   

Nov 21   In the year 1970 nY Knicks 1st game against Cleve Cavalier, Knicks win 102-94 at MSG   

Nov 21   In the year 1970 the rarest of Ford Mustangs--the Boss 351--debuted at the Detroit Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan.   

Nov 23   On this day in history secretary of Defense Melvin Laird discloses the November 21U.S. raid on the North Vietnamese prison camp at Son Tay. The raid was conducted almost flawlessly, but no prisoners of war were found in the camp. They had been moved earlier to other locations.   

Nov 23   Yusuf Bin Ishak, president of Singapore 1965-70, dies at about 60 in the year 1970.   

Nov 24   Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1970.   

Nov 25   Yukio Mishima, Japanese author/nationalist (Harakiri), dies at 45 in the year 1970.   

Nov 26   B O Davis Sr, 1st black general, dies at 93 in Chicago in the year 1970.   

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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 in the year 1970.   

Jan 02   Royce Clayton, Burbank CA, infielder (SF Giants, St Louis Cardinals) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of robert Fertitta, American opera singer   

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

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

Jan 03   Tony Farmer, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Piotr Rytel, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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   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 in the year 1970.   

Jan 07   In the year 1970 robert [Harriot] Barrat, actor (Bad Lands, Go West), dies at 81   

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   Blanche Stuart Scott, US pilot, dies at 84 in the year 1970.