Page 13: Historical Events In 1970

Sep 29   Edward Everett Horton, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Sep 30   On this day in history patrick Aherne, actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay), dies at 69   

Oct 01   Hans Poser, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

Oct 02   On this day in history alfred Julius Swan, composer, dies at 79   

Oct 02   Plane carrying Wichita State U football team crashes killing 30 in the year 1970.   

Oct 04   In the year 1970 george Frederick McKay, composer, dies at 71   

Oct 04   On this day in history herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma   

Oct 04   Jan Stenerud of Kansas City Chiefs kicks 55-yard field goal on this day in history.   

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

Oct 05   On this day in history pBS becomes a network   

Oct 05   Quebec seperatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross on this day in history.   

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   Cambodia becomes the Khmer Republic on this day in history.   

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

Oct 09   Khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence in the year 1970.   

Oct 10   Adam Rapacki, Polish minister of Maritime (1956-68), dies at 60 in the year 1970.   

Oct 10   Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day) on this day in history.   

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

Oct 11   Anis Fuleihan, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1970.   

Oct 13   On this day in history angela Davis arrested in NYC   

Oct 13   Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano, dies at 90 in the year 1970.   

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

Oct 16   On this day in history anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt, succeeding Nasser   

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

Oct 20   Patrick Wymark, actor (Skull, Tomb of Ligeia), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

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

Oct 21   Caledonian Airways takes over British United Airways in the year 1970.   

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

Oct 22   In the year 1970 rené Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Oct 24   Salvador Allende Gossens elected president of Chile on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   In the year 1970 birth of aleksandr Shimin, hockey goaltender (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)   

Jan 02   Anthony Stuart, cricketer (Australian ODI pace bowler, hat trick 1997) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1970 birth of glenn Cadrez, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of royce Clayton, Burbank CA, infielder (SF Giants, St Louis Cardinals)   

Jan 02   Robert Fertitta, American opera singer was born in the year 1970.   

Jan 02   Sanda LadoÅŸi, Romanian singer was born in the year 1970.   

Jan 03   James Brown, NFL tackle (NY Jets) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1970 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 in the year 1970.   

Jan 04   Jean-Étienne Valluy, French general (b. 1899) died on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers pres, murdered died in the year 1970.   

Jan 07   In the year 1970 robert [Harriot] Barrat, actor (Bad Lands, Go West), dies at 81   

Jan 08   In the year 1970 death of georges Guibourg, French performer (b. 1891)   

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

Jan 12   Blanche Stuart Scott, US pilot, dies at 84 in the year 1970.