Page 13: Historical Events In 1970

Sep 29   In the year 1970 edward Everett Horton, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show), dies at 84   

Sep 30   Patrick Aherne, actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay), dies at 69 in the year 1970.   

Oct 01   Hans Poser, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1970.   

Oct 02   Alfred Julius Swan, composer, dies at 79 in the year 1970.   

Oct 02   Plane carrying Wichita State U football team crashes killing 30 on this day in history.   

Oct 04   George Frederick McKay, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Oct 04   In the year 1970 herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma   

Oct 04   On this day in history jan Stenerud of Kansas City Chiefs kicks 55-yard field goal   

Oct 04   Janis Joplin died from a drug overdose. She was 27 on this day in history.   

Oct 05   On this day in history pBS becomes a network   

Oct 05   In the year 1970 quebec seperatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross   

Oct 08   On this day in history jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75   

Oct 08   Soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Lit in the year 1970.   

Oct 09   In the year 1970 cambodia becomes the Khmer Republic.   

Oct 09   On this day in history jean Giono, writer, dies   

Oct 09   On this day in history khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence   

Oct 10   On this day in history adam Rapacki, Polish minister of Maritime (1956-68), dies at 60   

Oct 10   In the year 1970 fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day)   

Oct 10   The October Crisis in Canada on this day in history.   

Oct 11   On this day in history anis Fuleihan, composer, dies at 69   

Oct 13   Angela Davis arrested in NYC in the year 1970.   

Oct 13   In the year 1970 julia Culp, mezzo-soprano, dies at 90   

Oct 15   On this day in history collapse of Westgate Bridge, Melbourne kills 35 and injures 17   

Oct 16   Anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt, succeeding Nasser in the year 1970.   

Oct 19   Unica Zorn, writer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

Oct 20   On this day in history patrick Wymark, actor (Skull, Tomb of Ligeia), dies at 44   

Oct 21   777 Unification church couples wed in Korea in the year 1970.   

Oct 21   In the year 1970 caledonian Airways takes over British United Airways   

Oct 21   John T Scopes, US teacher (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925), dies at 70 in the year 1970.   

Oct 22   René Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered on this day in history.   

Oct 23   Gary Gabelich sets auto speed record 622.4 mph (1,002 kph) in the year 1970.   

Oct 24   Nancy Walker creates Ida Morgenstein role on Mary Tyler Moore Show in the year 1970.   

Oct 24   Richard Hofstadter, US historian, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

Oct 24   In the year 1970 salvador Allende Gossens elected president of Chile   

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Jan 02   Aleksandr Shimin, hockey goaltender (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998) was born in the year 1970.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of anthony Stuart, cricketer (Australian ODI pace bowler, hat trick 1997)   

Jan 02   Glenn Cadrez, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Royce Clayton, Burbank CA, infielder (SF Giants, St Louis Cardinals) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1970 birth of robert Fertitta, American opera singer   

Jan 02   In the year 1970 birth of sanda LadoÅŸi, Romanian singer   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of james Brown, NFL tackle (NY Jets)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of tony Farmer, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets)   

Jan 02   In the year 1970 piotr Rytel, composer, dies at 85   

Jan 03   Gladys Aylward, British missionary in China; portrayed by Ingrid Bergman in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (b. 1902) died on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1970 death of jean-Étienne Valluy, French general (b. 1899)   

Jan 05   Joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers pres, murdered died on this day in history.   

Jan 07   On this day in history robert [Harriot] Barrat, actor (Bad Lands, Go West), dies at 81   

Jan 08   Georges Guibourg, French performer (b. 1891) died in the year 1970.   

Jan 10   On this day in history pavel Ivanovich Belyayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod II), dies at 44   

Jan 12   On this day in history blanche Stuart Scott, US pilot, dies at 84