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   On this day in history hans Poser, composer, dies at 52   

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

Oct 09   Jean Giono, writer, dies in the year 1970.   

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   On this day in history the October Crisis in Canada   

Oct 11   In the year 1970 anis Fuleihan, composer, dies at 69   

Oct 13   Angela Davis arrested in NYC on this day in history.   

Oct 13   Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

Oct 15   In the year 1970 collapse of Westgate Bridge, Melbourne kills 35 and injures 17   

Oct 16   In the year 1970 anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt, succeeding Nasser   

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

Oct 20   Patrick Wymark, actor (Skull, Tomb of Ligeia), dies at 44 in the year 1970.   

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

Oct 21   Caledonian Airways takes over British United Airways on this day in history.   

Oct 21   On this day in history john T Scopes, US teacher (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925), dies at 70   

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   In the year 1970 richard Hofstadter, US historian, dies at 54   

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

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

Jan 02   Sanda LadoÅŸi, Romanian singer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   James Brown, NFL tackle (NY Jets) was born in the year 1970.   

Jan 03   Tony Farmer, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1970 death of 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) died in the year 1970.   

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   Georges Guibourg, French performer (b. 1891) died on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod II), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   In the year 1970 blanche Stuart Scott, US pilot, dies at 84