Page 9: Historical Events In 1970
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
May 27 British expedition climbs south face of Annapurna I 


May 27 Emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78 


May 27 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR. 


May 28 Australian Army Training Team Vietnam awarded US unit Meritorious Citation. 


May 29 John Gunther, author/host (John Gunther's High Road), dies at 68 


May 29 USSR performs nuclear test (underground). 


May 31 At 03 23 PM, Yungay Peru levelled by 7.75 earthquake (50-70000 die). 


May 31 At 03:23 PM, Yungay Peru levelled by 7.75 earthquake (50-70000 die) 


Jun 01 G Ungaretti, writer, dies at 82 


Jun 01 Soyuz 9 launched into Earth orbit for 18 days 


Jun 03 Douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Fries boer/writer, dies at 70. 


Jun 04 Hjalmar Schcacht, [Horace Greeley], Nazi minister, dies. 


Jun 04 Tonga gains independence from Britain (National Day). 


Jun 04 Tonga independence 


Jun 05 "Jopie" Pengel, [Johan A], premier Suriname (1963-69), dies at 54 


Jun 06 The Black Watch of Canada regiment is retired from battle order(more history gone) 


Jun 07 Edward M Forster, Brit writer (Maurice, passage to India), dies at 91. 


Jun 07 The Who's Tommy is performed at NY's Lincoln Center 


Jun 11 Aleksandr F Kerenski, Russian premier (1917), dies at 89 


Jun 11 US leaves Wheelus AFB Libya. 


Jun 13 Beatles' "Let It Be," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 4 weeks 


Jun 16 Elsa Triolet, writer, dies at 73 


Jun 16 Kenneth A Gibson elected inaugural black mayor of Newark, NJ 


Jun 16 Race riots in Miami Florida 


Jun 17 Matthew Henderson, cricketer (one Test for NZ 1930), dies. 


Jun 17 Polaroid camera patented 


Jun 19 A Nikolayev and V Sevastyanov return after 18 days in Soyuz 9 


Jun 19 Jim Bouton's controversial "Ball Four" is published. 


Jun 21 Achmed Sukarno, 1st president of Indonesia (1945-67), dies at 68. 


Jun 22 Pres Nixon signs 26th amendment (voting age lowered to 18) 


Jun 23 Rocker Chubby Checker arrest for marijuana pocession. 


Jun 24 Senate votes overwhelmingly to repeal Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 


Jun 28 USS James Madison (SSBN-627) completes conversion to Poseidon missile capability 


Jun 29 Roman Ingarden, Polish philosopher (Studia philosophica), dies at 77 


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