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   Patrick Aherne, actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

Oct 02   In the year 1970 alfred Julius Swan, composer, dies at 79   

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 in the year 1970.   

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

Oct 04   Jan Stenerud of Kansas City Chiefs kicks 55-yard field goal in the year 1970.   

Oct 04   In the year 1970 janis Joplin died from a drug overdose. She was 27.   

Oct 05   On this day in history pBS becomes a network   

Oct 05   On this day in history 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   Cambodia becomes the Khmer Republic in the year 1970.   

Oct 09   In the year 1970 jean Giono, writer, dies   

Oct 09   In the year 1970 khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence   

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

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   In the year 1970 angela Davis arrested in NYC   

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 on this day in history.   

Oct 19   In the year 1970 unica Zorn, writer, dies at 54   

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

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

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

Oct 21   In the year 1970 john T Scopes, US teacher (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925), dies at 70   

Oct 22   On this day in history rené Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered   

Oct 23   On this day in history gary Gabelich sets auto speed record 622.4 mph (1,002 kph)   

Oct 24   Nancy Walker creates Ida Morgenstein role on Mary Tyler Moore Show on this day in history.   

Oct 24   On this day in history richard Hofstadter, US historian, dies at 54   

Oct 24   Salvador Allende Gossens elected president of Chile in the year 1970.   

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Jan 02   Aleksandr Shimin, hockey goaltender (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of glenn Cadrez, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)   

Jan 02   In the year 1970 birth of royce Clayton, Burbank CA, infielder (SF Giants, St Louis Cardinals)   

Jan 02   Robert Fertitta, American opera singer was born on this day in history.   

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   Tony Farmer, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets) was born in the year 1970.   

Jan 02   Piotr Rytel, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 05   In the year 1970 death of joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers pres, murdered   

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

Jan 08   On this day in history 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   On this day in history blanche Stuart Scott, US pilot, dies at 84