Page 3: Historical Events In 1970
Saturday, 21 February 2026
Feb 07 US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn 


Feb 07 US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood. 


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). 


Feb 11 Emil Abranyi, composer, dies at 87 


Feb 11 Japan joins the space race, by launching a satellite into earth orbit. 


Feb 11 Japan launches its inaugural satellite into orbit 


Feb 12 Andre Souris, composer, dies at 79 


Feb 12 Three-month-old baby receives Canada's inaugural successful liver transplant at Montreal's Notre-Dame Hospital. 


Feb 13 Herbert Strudwick, cricketer (28 Tests for Engld, ct 60 stp 12), dies 


Feb 13 Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48, 80 km from New Delhi. 


Feb 15 Ard Schenk is recorded as becoming world champion all-round skater 


Feb 15 Dominican DC-9 crashes into sea at Santo Domingo, results in the deaths of 102. 


Feb 15 Nationalists disrupt UN session on Congo. 


Feb 16 Joe Frazier KOs Jimmy Ellis in 5 for undisputed heavyweight boxing crown 


Feb 17 Agnon, [SJ Czaczkes], Hebrew writer (Nobel 1966), dies at 81 


Feb 18 Desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian, dies at 94. 


Feb 18 The Chicago Seven are are discovered innocent of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic national convention 


Feb 18 US President Nixon launches "Nixon-doctrine". 


Feb 19 Ralph Edward Flanders, (Sen-VT), dies at 89. 


Feb 19 USSR launches Sputnik 52 and Molniya 1-13 communications satellite 


Feb 20 Albert Louis Wolff, composer, dies at 86. 


Feb 21 Jackson 5 make TV debut on "American Bandstand". 


Feb 21 Pathet Lao conquerors Xieng Khuang and Muong Suy. 


Feb 23 Guyana gains independence. 


Feb 23 Guyana is recorded as becoming a republic (National Day). 


Feb 23 Holy Eucharist given by women for inaugural time in Roman Catholic service. 


Feb 24 29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland) 


Feb 24 Conrad Nagel, actor (Celebrity Time), dies at 73. 


Feb 25 Mark Rothko, abstract expressionist (Green on Blue), dies at 66. 


Feb 26 Beatles release "Beatles Again" aka "Hey Jude" album 


Feb 26 Ethel Leginska, composer, dies at 83. 


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