Page 4: Historical Events In 1970

Feb 27   New York Times (falsely) reports US army has ended domestic surveillance.   

Feb 27   Robert Bruce Lockhart, diplomat/writer, dies   

Feb 28   Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge.   

Mar 01   Charles Manson's album "Lie" is released.   

Mar 01   Ed[uard] Hoornik, Dutch writer/poet (Na jaren), dies at 59   

Mar 01   End of US commercial whale hunting.   

Mar 01   Kreisky's social-democrats win Austrian parliamentary election   

Mar 01   White government of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain.   

Mar 02   American Airlines' inaugural flight of a Boeing 747   

Mar 02   Ottawa formally ends foreign takeover of Denison Mines, Canada's largest uranium mining company, by US interests.   

Mar 02   Rhodesia declares an independent republic Britian replys with an economic blockade   

Mar 02   Rhodesia gains independence.   

Mar 02   Supreme Court ruled draft evaders can not be penalized after 5 years.   

Mar 04   French submarine "Eurydice" explodes.   

Mar 05   3 SDS Weathermen terrorist group bomb 18 West 11th St in New York NY   

Mar 05   Nuclear non-proliferation treaty went into effect   

Mar 06   Beatles release "Let it Be" in UK   

Mar 06   William Hopper, actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason), dies at 55   

Mar 07   "Long and Winding Road" is recorded as becoming Beatles' last American release   

Mar 07   World Ice Dance Championship in Ljubljana won by Liudmila Pakhomova and Alexandr Gorshkov (USSR).   

Mar 07   World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Irina Rodnina and Alexei Ulanov (USSR)   

Mar 07   World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Gabriele Seyfert (German Democratic Republic)   

Mar 07   World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Tim Wood (USA)   

Mar 10   Barbra Streisand records "The Singer" and "I Can Do It"   

Mar 10   South Africa complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia.   

Mar 11   12th Grammy Awards Aquarius, Crosby Stills and Nash, Peggy Lee win.   

Mar 11   12th Grammy Awards: Aquarius, Crosby Stills and Nash, Peggy Lee win   

Mar 11   Erle Stanley Gardner, US writer (Perry Mason), dies at 80.   

Mar 11   Iraq Ba'th Party recognizes Kurd nation   

Mar 12   US lowers voting age from 21 to 18   

Mar 13   100 year Beehive anniversary ends in brawl in Amsterdam   

Mar 13   Digital Equipment Corp introduces PDP-11 minicomputer   

Mar 13   Rick Besoyan, composer, dies at 45   

Mar 13   San Francisco city employees begin 4-day strike.   

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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,