Page 2: Historical Events In 1970

Jan 19   Hal March, actor (Atomic Kit, Outrage, Yankee Pasha), dies at 49   

Jan 19   Nixon nominates G Harold Carswell to Supreme Court (fails).   

Jan 19   UCLA fires Angela Davis for being a communist.   

Jan 22   The Boeing 747 jumbo jet makes its inaugural regularly scheduled commercial flight on a route from New York to London.   

Jan 23   Australia's inaugural amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (California).   

Jan 23   Dolle Mina burns her bra in Amsterdam   

Jan 23   US launches 2nd generation weather satellite, ITOS 1   

Jan 24   3rd ABA All-Star Game West 128 beats East 98 at Indiana   

Jan 24   James "Shep" Shepherd, rocker (Shep and Limelites), beaten to death   

Jan 25   Eunice Hunton Carter, 1st black female DA in NY, dies at 70.   

Jan 25   Robert Altman's "M*AS*H," premieres   

Jan 27   Movie rating system modifies "M" rating to "PG"   

Jan 27   Probir Sen, cricket (20 catch and 11 stumpings, 14 Tests for Ind), dies   

Jan 28   Tommy Andrews (Aust) 16 Tests 1921-26, cricketer (592 runs), dies   

Jan 29   Basil H Liddell Hart, English military historian, dies at 74.   

Jan 29   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR.   

Jan 30   Malcolm Keen, English actor (Uncle Chris-Mama), dies at 82   

Jan 31   Grateful Dead members busted on LSD charges   

Jan 31   Slim Harpo, [James Moore], rocker, dies at 28   

Feb 01   Blaz Arnic, composer, dies at 69.   

Feb 01   Stalled commuter train rammed by express in Argentina, 139 die   

Feb 01   West-Germany and USSR sign gas contract   

Feb 02   Bertrand Russell, philosopher, British MP, dies in Merioneth at 97.   

Feb 05   inaugural Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours 1 six.   

Feb 05   Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa vs Australia, Durban.   

Feb 05   WSCV TV channel 51 in Ft Lauderdale FL (IND) suspends broadcasting.   

Feb 06   Graeme Pollock completes 274 vs Australia at Durban   

Feb 06   Roscoe Karns, actor (Capt Shafer-Hennesey), dies at 78.   

Feb 07   "Hollywood Palace," last airs on ABC TV   

Feb 07   "Jingle Jangle" hits #10 on the pop singles chart by Archies.   

Feb 09   World's inaugural nerve transplant, in Germany.   

Feb 10   26.4 cm precipitation falls on Mount Washington NH (state record).   

Feb 10   Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel killing 40 Belgian, French, and German youths (Val d'Isere, France).   

Feb 11   26.37 cm (10.38") of rainfall, Mt Washington NH (state 24-hour record)   

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Jan 02   Aleksandr shimin: Hockey goaltender (team kazakhstan oly-1998)   

Jan 02   Anthony stuart: Cricketer (australian odi pace bowler, hat trick 1997)   

Jan 02   Glenn cadrez: Nfl linebacker (denver broncos-superbowl 32)   

Jan 02   Royce clayton: Burbank ca, infielder (sf giants, st louis cardinals)   

Jan 02   Robert fertitta: American opera singer   

Jan 02   Sanda ladoÅŸi: Romanian singer   

Jan 03   James brown: Nfl tackle (ny jets)   

Jan 03   Tony farmer: Nba forward (charlotte hornets)   

Jan 02   Piotr rytel: Composer,   

Jan 03   Gladys aylward: British missionary in china; portrayed by ingrid bergman in the inn of the sixth happiness (b. 1902)   

Jan 04   Jean-Étienne valluy: French general (b. 1899)   

Jan 05   Joseph a yablonski: Candidate for united mine workers pres, murdered   

Jan 07   Robert [harriot] barrat: Actor (bad lands, go west),    

Jan 08   Georges guibourg: French performer (b. 1891)   

Jan 10   Pavel ivanovich belyayev: Ussr, cosmonaut (voskhod ii),    

Jan 12   Blanche stuart scott: Us pilot,