Page 14: Historical Events In 1970

Oct 26   In the year 1970 "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers   

Oct 28   In the year 1970 baby Huey, [James Ramey], vocalist (Baby Huey & Babysitters), dies   

Oct 28   NBA Cleve Cavaliers 1st home game, lose to San Diego 110-99 in the year 1970.   

Oct 28   In the year 1970 uS/USSR sign an agreement to discuss joint space efforts   

Nov 01   Bhola cyclone in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) killing =500,000 people in the year 1970.   

Nov 01   Discotheque in Grenoble France burns, all exits padlocked and 142 die in the year 1970.   

Nov 02   Richard Cushing, US cardinal to Boston, dies at 75 in the year 1970.   

Nov 03   On this day in history peter II Karadjordjevic, last king of Yugoslavia (1934-45), dies at 57   

Nov 03   Salvador Allende inaugurated as President of Chile in the year 1970.   

Nov 08   In the year 1970 tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks NFL record 63 yard field goal   

Nov 09   On this day in history general Charles de Gaulle,former leader of the 'Free French'army and President of France from 1958 to 1969,died   

Nov 09   Trial of Seattle 8 anti-war protesters begins in the year 1970.   

Nov 09   In the year 1970 william L Dawson, (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 84   

Nov 10   On this day in history charles DeGaulle, general/president France (Free French), dies at 79   

Nov 10   On this day in history luna 17, with unmanned self-propelled Lunokhod 1, is launched   

Nov 12   Charles de Gaulle is buried in Paris in the year 1970.   

Nov 13   On this day in history bhola cyclone in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) killing =500,000 people   

Nov 13   Cyclone kills estimated 300,000 in Chittagong Bangladesh in the year 1970.   

Nov 13   On this day in history lt Gen Hafez al-Assad becomes PM of Syria following military coup   

Nov 13   In the year 1970 vP Spiro Agnew calls TV executives "impudent snobs"   

Nov 14   DC-9 crashes in West Virginia, 75 killed on this day in history.   

Nov 14   Marshall U football team wiped out in air crash at Kenova WV in the year 1970.   

Nov 17   On this day in history naunton Wayne, actor (Dead of Night), dies at 69   

Nov 17   Russia lands Lunokhod 1 unmanned remote-controlled vehicle on Moon on this day in history.   

Nov 18   On this day in history hal Dickinson, singer (Modernaires), dies at 56   

Nov 18   In the year 1970 russia lands self propelled rover on the Moon   

Nov 19   Golden Gate Park Conservatory becomes a Cal state historical landmark in the year 1970.   

Nov 21   In the year 1970 nY Knicks 1st game against Cleve Cavalier, Knicks win 102-94 at MSG   

Nov 21   The rarest of Ford Mustangs--the Boss 351--debuted at the Detroit Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan on this day in history.   

Nov 23   Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird discloses the November 21U.S. raid on the North Vietnamese prison camp at Son Tay. The raid was conducted almost flawlessly, but no prisoners of war were found in the camp. They had been moved earlier to other locations on this day in history.   

Nov 23   Yusuf Bin Ishak, president of Singapore 1965-70, dies at about 60 on this day in history.   

Nov 24   Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1970.   

Nov 25   In the year 1970 yukio Mishima, Japanese author/nationalist (Harakiri), dies at 45   

Nov 26   B O Davis Sr, 1st black general, dies at 93 in Chicago 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   On this day in history birth of glenn Cadrez, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)   

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

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

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

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   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   On this day in history death of georges Guibourg, French performer (b. 1891)   

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