Page 2: Historical Events In 1970
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
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 23 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 


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 29 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk 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 04 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. 


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 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 


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. 


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