Historical Events In 1970

Sep 29   On this day in history edward Everett Horton, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show), dies at 84   

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1970.   

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   In the year 1970 soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Lit   

Oct 09   Cambodia becomes the Khmer Republic on this day in history.   

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

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

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   In the year 1970 the October Crisis in Canada   

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

Oct 13   In the year 1970 angela Davis arrested in NYC   

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

Oct 15   Collapse of Westgate Bridge, Melbourne kills 35 and injures 17 in the year 1970.   

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 in the year 1970.   

Oct 21   On this day in history 777 Unification church couples wed in Korea   

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

Oct 21   On this day in history 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   In the year 1970 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 in the year 1970.   

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

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   In the year 1970 birth of anthony Stuart, cricketer (Australian ODI pace bowler, hat trick 1997)   

Jan 02   Glenn Cadrez, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32) was born in the year 1970.   

Jan 02   Royce Clayton, Burbank CA, infielder (SF Giants, St Louis Cardinals) was born in the year 1970.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of robert Fertitta, American opera singer   

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

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

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

Jan 05   On this day in history death of joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers pres, murdered   

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 on this day in history.   

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.